John Inverarity keen to keep faith in middle-order – Cricket News Update
Despite the Australians underperforming on tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-John-Inverarity-c85980 is adamant that the team has picked the best possible players outside the Test format.
The no.1 ranked ODI side has suffered back to back losses on their travels, and remains on the verge of losing their first series under http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480. Their stacks have risen in recent times as the management is keen find the most suitable playing XI before the Ashes begins in a year’s time.
While it is evident that the presence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 in the Test team makes the batting line-up solid, the Aussies are currently short of such luxury in the limited-overs department.
Both are out of the current series, which means that the team has invested in other players who can get acquainted to the English conditions and give added value when they are called in for the longer version.
The trio for now includes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185, but Inverarity was keen to keep faith in the current group.
"They're the best we've got," Inverarity said. "We made a decision six months ago that if through lack of form or retirement or injury there was a place in the team, we don't want these blokes making their international debuts at Lord's in a Test match, so we've got them going."
"Whether it's a cyclic thing or people going into other sports or the influence of T20 and people concentrating on hitting it over extra cover instead of straight, I don't know," he added before asserting, “But the three we've invested opportunity in the last few months are Forrest, Bailey and David Hussey."
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