Opinion: Paine could be short-lived for Ashes, but Australia’s problems don’t end there | Geoff Lawson
, but his obfuscations will reach a new level as he sorts through the Tim Paine imbroglio and affixes the to a new man.His position in the team hung, first and foremost, on his leadership qualities. He was the man given the imprimatur to restore competitive integrity to a collapsed brand. This he did with nerve and style, staring down loud grating voices and tempestuous characters.
Paine isn’t the only captain in the firing line. Joe Root has been largely silent after Azeem Rafiq’swhile he was a Yorkshire player, the county where Root also plays. The English government is discussing withdrawing grassroots funding and taking legislative action if the England and Wales Cricket Board “don’t get their act together”.
Contemporary cricket schedules don’t allow for international players to turn out for their states that often. It denigrates the learning opportunities of up-and-comers and stifles the leadership experiences of captains.
Australia won’t play two spinners, so that eliminates the burgeoning Mitchell Swepson. The three quicks who won the T20 World Cup will start along with Nathan Lyon. The bowling is fixed, for the first Test at least.Bailey also says he knows who will be chosen in the middle-order battle between Travis Head and Usman Khawaja but isn’t revealing. Fair go George, on the one hand you stymied the openers question and on the other you’re running a middle-order show and tell.
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