Pat Cummins’ men are back in action in India with a crucial match in Lucknow between two of the world’s top-four ranked one-day teams.
A relaid pitch in Lucknow has a good cover of grass, exciting Mitchell Starc after Australia’s first game on a turning wicket in Chennai.
Nathan Lyon is surprised South Africa picked Tabraiz Shamsi as a second spinner on a grassy pitch but given Australia’s form against spin the South Africans obviously feel he could be a trump. Australia have won the toss and are bowling, They’ve bitten the bullet, bringing in the fit-again all-rounder Marcus Stoinis to replace cricket-weary Cameron Green, but also replacing wicketkeeper Alex Carey with WA’s Josh Inglis. Harsh as this is on Carey, it’s the right call. Carey has been out of sorts since the England tour, really since the fateful Jonny Bairstow day at Lord’s.
He’s a resilient enough character to bounce back in due course, and this decision has no implications for his Test future. But Inglis is a capable keeper and will bring a healthy strike rate of nearly 100 across eight previous ODIs to his late top order brief. Stoinis for Green was a change begging to be made. He will bat at No 7 and will add urgency to the batting.
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