Australia‘s Take a look at staff finds itself in a novel state of affairs because the reserve batter, Matt Renshaw, has been launched to play within the BBL qualifier for Brisbane Warmth towards Sydney Sixers, making a 24-hour window the place they won’t have a concussion substitute if wanted throughout the ongoing Take a look at match towards West Indies in Adelaide.
Renshaw, who was chosen as the one spare batter in Australia’s 13-man squad for the primary Take a look at, was at all times anticipated to be on standby, given Steven Smith‘s position as an opener rather than the retired David Warner and Cameron Inexperienced’s inclusion at No. 4.
Cricket Australia has confirmed that Renshaw will fly from Adelaide to the Gold Coast on Thursday evening for the BBL match and return on Saturday morning. This resolution leaves Australia’s Take a look at staff with out a designated concussion substitute for the rest of the third day of the Take a look at match.
Whereas it’s a uncommon state of affairs for Australia to not have a batting concussion substitute out there on the floor, the staff administration is assured that they will fly Renshaw again at brief discover from the Gold Coast in case of an emergency.
In recent times, Australia has needed to make the most of concussion substitutes in Exams however by no means at residence. Marnus Labuschagne famously grew to become the primary concussion substitute in Take a look at cricket at Lord’s in 2019. Labuschagne additionally crammed in as a concussion substitute in an ODI final 12 months in South Africa when Cameron Inexperienced was injured. Renshaw himself was Australia’s solely different Take a look at concussion substitute when he changed Warner throughout the second Take a look at towards India in Delhi final 12 months.
The state of affairs highlights the complexities that come up from managing gamers throughout completely different codecs and the balancing act required to make sure that groups have sufficient cowl in all eventualities.
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