Selectors stumble on the right spinner
In the Age , Brendan McArdle writes that Australia's selectors might have stumbled on the right spinner for the Test team - Cameron White - despite struggling to manage the nation's spin stocks over the past year.
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
In the Age, Brendan McArdle writes that Australia's selectors might have stumbled on the right spinner for the Test team - Cameron White - despite struggling to manage the nation's spin stocks over the past year.
MacGill was then taken to the West Indies after minimal cricket and again proved to be horribly underdone for the task. In an unprecedented move that was an embarrassment for the entire selection panel, the feisty New South Welshman decided enough was enough and pulled stumps on his career mid-series.
Surely the selectors should have known better. McGain should have been taken, not long-term project player Casson. They should also have done everything in their power earlier to convince Hogg to squeeze another 18 months out of his career. In the end the constant uncertainty about his future as a Test player must have been a factor in his retirement. He deserved better, and how valuable he would be now.
One of Australia's selectors, Jamie Cox, tells Andrew Faulkner in the Weekend Australian that there are no easy answers and spin-bowling in Australia has become "a bloody tough craft".
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here