Steve Waugh backs Australia's Ashes squad – Cricket News Update
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
"We've got the bowlers to take 20 wickets. We can beat any team in the world and we proved that, almost, last year when we nearly beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, who are the number one team. There is certainly enough talent there for this team to be successful," insisted
Waugh.
"So we're not that far away. It's a matter of the top six getting some consistency, getting some confidence. England have themselves been very inconsistent over the past 12, 18 months."
The Cricket Australia selection panel today named a sensibly constructed 16-man touring party for the much-awaited 2013 Ashes series against historic rivals England, commencing in Trent Bridge, Nottingham on July 10, 2013. Little known opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Rogers-c1249
and uncapped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 on the tour.
Rogers, the 35-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in Perth in 2008 and is yet to debut in the One Day International and T20 International format of the game. Uncapped Faulkner, meanwhile, earned the selectors
nod after showing some fine form in the fne One Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals played for the Kangaroos earlier this year. He also impressed the selectors in Australia’s premier first-class tournament, Sheffield Shield, where he played for
Tasmanian Tigers.
Right-arm fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jackson-Munro-Bird-c65187, who has been nursing a back injury of late, has also been recalled
into the squad, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822 is the only specialist spinner in the squad.
All-rounders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804, who were all part of the 4-0 Test series defeat against India earlier this year, have been dropped.
The Ashes gets underway at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on 10 July, while the other four venues for the historic series include Lord's, Old Trafford, Chester-le-Street and The Oval.
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