Rob Quiney deserves to be in the team more than anyone, says Alex Doolan – Cricket News update
Amongst the contenders to replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 scheduled later this month.
“I'm not saying that I'd be happy to have someone picked ahead of me but I think http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arthur-Vivian-Hayes-c46030 [Quiney] deserves it as much as anyone. I really hope he gets another crack at it. He deserved his call-up to the national team and obviously results didn't go his way
but that just shows what the game is,” said Doolan while talking to AAP in Canberra.
The four most prominent names in the domestic circuit to replace Ponting are Usman Khawaja, Phillip Hughes, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rob-Quiney-c2340. Doolan, standing next to Michael Clarke in the domestic season, has scored 570 runs with an average of 81.42 including
a dazzling knock of 161 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 A in Sydney.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 is placed at 5th
having an average of 39.81. Doolan, despite having the most runs of them all, puts Hughes and Quiney ahead of himself in the replacement race.
“If I was picking the team I'd probably put Phil Hughes in there just simply through weight of runs. It seems every time he steps onto the crease he's hitting runs and hitting them at good pace and in a consistent way,” he added.
Usman Khawaja on the other hand, has further complicated the Test squad’s selection (to be announced on coming Thursday) after injuries limited the Australian selectors’ options. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978’s inability to take part in the Big Bash League’s first
round in light of his lower back stiffness, Khawaja was requested by BBL to call off his game against the touring Sri Lankans, scheduled for the coming Thursday, in Canberra.
In a quick compromise between Cricket Australia and Sydney Thunder, Khawaja will abandon his match as the captain of CA Chairman's XI (on the third day) to fly down to Sydney and participate in Thunders’ first game in the BBL.
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