Matt Renshaw dropped from Queensland's Sheffield Shield squad
The left hander pays the price for lean returns in the first part of the first-class season before the Big Bash
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-Feb-2020
Matt Renshaw works the ball off his pads • Getty Images
Matt Renshaw has been dropped from the Queensland squad for the resumption of the Sheffield Shield against Tasmania.
Renshaw, who has played 10 Tests for Australia and was back among the squad last season for the series against Sri Lanka before being overlooked, made just 182 runs in 10 innings in the first part of the Shield.
Overall he has gone 31 Sheffield Shield innings without a century dating back to March 2018 against Western Australia. However, during that time he scored three first-class hundreds for Somerset in the County Championship in the 2018 season which helped push him back into Test contention.
However, while his first-class form has dipped he impressed during the Big Bash for the Brisbane Heat with 348 runs in a middle-order role.
Renshaw made his Test debut against South Africa in 2016 and enjoyed strong early returns with a best of 184 against Pakistan in Sydney.
Queensland will boast a strong top-order against Tasmania with Usman Khawaja, Joe Burns and Marnus Labuschagne available. Labuschagne is in the ODI squad for the tour of South Africa, but the T20Is come first on that trip which means he is able to squeeze in a Shield appearance.