Old blokes might win stuff, but Australia sideline youth at their peril
Test series and World Cups were king, while bilateral white-ball series fell a long way down the order of preference. Those experiences were bruising ones for the trio, more so for being followed by omission from the team.It would have been useful to see any one of these players granted the opportunity to impose themselves on Bangladesh. After all, a Travis Head blitz is not going to prove much the selectors don’t already know, nor will a brace of hundreds by Smith do much more than pad out his formidable Test record.Numerous senior figures in the game spoken to by this masthead expressed surprise at the absence of even one young batter from the squad.
- ▪Test series and World Cups were king, while bilateral white-ball series fell a long way down the order of preference.
- ▪Those experiences were bruising ones for the trio, more so for being followed by omission from the team.It would have been useful to see any one of these players granted the opportunity to impose themselves on Bangladesh.
- ▪After all, a Travis Head blitz is not going to prove much the selectors don’t already know, nor will a brace of hundreds by Smith do much more than pad out his formidable Test record.Numerous senior figures in the game spoken to by this mas
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| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +1000 |
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