Michael Clarke has been a towering presence for Australian cricket each on and off the pitch. Not solely that, he has been a vocal critic of staff administration and gamers every time he feels the necessity to take action. One thing of an analogous kind occurred just lately after Australian selectors dropped opening batter Nathan McSweeney and determined to name on 19-year-old opener Sam Konstas for remaining two Take a look at matches of the continued Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia.
Michael Clarke’s fuming remarks over dropping McSweeney
Whereas McSweeney’s performances within the first three Take a look at matches have been disappointing, Clarke thinks that the teen ought to have been given the whole collection to show his place within the Australian squad. Questioning the choice of the chief Australian selector George Bailey, the previous Australian captain talked about it on the Past 23 Cricket podcast and stated, “Nathan McSweeney has been dropped. I can’t consider that. Regardless of who they picked in that opening place, they needed to give them the collection. I feel the selectors have gotten this flawed.”
Clarke isn’t the one stalwart of Australian cricket to have questioned Bailey’s choice to drop McSweeney, former Australian cricketer Darren Lehmann had additionally questioned Bailey’s choice making talents as a selector just lately.
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Clarke raises questions on senior gamers’ presence within the Australian squad
Questioning the intent of these presently making selections for Australian cricket, Clarke additional identified the dearth of future planning on selectors’ finish. The 43-year-old questioned the presence of some senior gamers who’re combating the shape.
“We’ve received Usman Khawaja who’s 38 years outdated, and he’s made no runs. He’s a senior participant. We’ve received Marnus Labuschagne, who earlier than the collection was beneath stress and has made one first rate rating. Steve Smith batted like a genius to make a hard-fought hundred, however he’s additionally been beneath stress. Everybody aside from McSweeney is over 30 years of age, some of their excessive 30s. What occurs if Usman Khawaja retires in two Take a look at matches? Does McSweeney then come again in, or does he go to the again of the queue? They’ve received to come back out and say, ‘We made a mistake selecting him,” added Clarke.
Australia and India will conflict on the Melbourne Cricket Floor as soon as once more for the fourth Take a look at match of the continued Border-Gavaskar Trophy which is presently stage at 1-1. Whereas India emerged victorious within the first Take a look at at Perth, Aussies made a comeback in Adelaide. The third Take a look at in Brisbane resulted in a draw.