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Cricket Australia (CA) have announced a 17-man squad for the upcoming Test series against India, giving opportunities to a number of emerging players to showcase their skills in the sub-continent.
The first Test of the four-match series between the two countries is going to commence from February 22, 2013, at Chennai.
Good news for the Kangaroos is that Shane Watson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 have made it to the squad, although the duo has missed a lot of international cricket this season because of fitness issues.
David Warner, who has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, having injured his finger yesterday during practice in Perth, has also been included in the team.
While announcing the squad, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 and company have a number of options available against the Men in Blue, who will be eager to avenge their
last season’s whitewash at the hands of the Baggy Greens.
Inverarity also backs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804 to come good on the spin-friendly pitches in India. The left-arm spinner has been included in the Test team for the first time since December, 2010.
"It is a large squad and we felt as though we needed that for flexibility," the national selector said. "We're certainly looking for a right-arm finger-spinner and a left-arm finger-spinner. Xavier [Doherty] has been bowling very well lately.”
The national selector is expecting Usman Khawaja to fill the void left by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at home.
"Usman is very much to the fore of our thinking," Inverarity added. "I was in Canberra the other day when he got 69 [for the Prime Minister's XI] against the West Indies and played really well. I think Usman is a very good chance of being in the first Test
team."
Australia’s Test Squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, Peter
Siddle, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822.
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