Warner to keep away from Ashes axe as Australia ponder Fourth Test modifications
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ustralia are set to face by David Warner for this week’s essential Fourth Ashes Test, with spinner Todd Murphy as a substitute combating to maintain his place.
Warner is below strain after making simply 5 runs throughout two innings within the Third Test at Headingley earlier than falling twice to Stuart Broad, and there had been discuss Australia would re-jig their line-up to be able to accommodate each the fit-again Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh, who scored a century deputising for the all-rounder.
Aussie captain Pat Cummins, although, has given Warner his backing.
“We’ll chat about it, but I imagine it will stay the same,” Cummins stated. “I think [Warner] has been going really well. I thought at Lord’s, he was really impressive.
“He’s been on the market over the past couple of days placing in a number of work, however I feel this tour he has proven a number of good indicators and hasn’t fairly kicked on to make that huge rating.”
Josh Hazlewood is expected to return to the side in place of Scott Boland, but the only other way of squeezing both Marsh and Green into the side would see Murphy miss out. The 22-year-old made his Ashes debut in Leeds but bowled only two overs in England’s successful run chase to leave the tourists considering an all-seam attack.
“Every state of affairs is totally different,” Cummins said. “As I stated final week about Toddy, I’d have liked to bowl him a bit extra, however there wasn’t a heap of overs within the recreation, the ball appeared to swing and seam a bit of bit, in order that’s definitely one thing to weigh up this week.”