AND Test series with two matches between Sri Lanka and Australia He should start on January 29, and both matches were held at the Galle International Iconic Stadium.
After the test series, the teams will face in two Odo in Colomb, serving as a preparation for ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which begins on February 19. On the eve of the test series, the former Australian captain Ricky Ponting He weighed the Australian selection strategy, especially the key selection of openers.
Ricky Ponting on Travis Head
Speaking Senq breakfast, Ponting expressed his reluctant Travis Head to the top of the Australian hit hit in a tour of Sri Lanka. Head has been an Australian performer in recent years at number 5, showing extraordinary consistency. However, his record in Asia does not fit his achievements elsewhere; Of the 10 matches on the continent, one has yet to register a century test.
Heads are insidious performances in Asia and absence David Warner Due to his injuries, she had previously given him the opportunity to open during an Australian tour of India in 2023. However, Ponting believed that the head should remain in the middle order.
“There was little talk about Travis Head to return to the top of the row on the subcontinent, as he did on the last Indian tour. But I would personally do so. I think Khawaja should be played because he has to return to some rhythm of the test of tests Running. His play Spin really improved in the last few years, so I would leave him there, ” Ponting said.
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Australian openers for Sri Lanka tests
Proponents of Ponting to give a young opener Sam with Usman Khawai Chance in challenging conditions of Sri Lanka, priority in long -term development. He believed that the introduction of young talents like a statement in foreign conditions was crucial for the Australian future in the test crice.
“I wouldn’t move either. I think it’s a great opportunity for this Australian blood team of this young blocker, especially on this tour on Sri Lanka, which is so different. It will be so foreign to probably everything in life Radio ”, Added the 50-year-old.
The legendary cricket emphasized that the Tour Sri Lanka is ideal to place a statement to perfect its skills away from the intense supervision of the Australian media and fans.
“He entered the test cricket in the whirlwind against India, I think this tour is a state of a perfect opportunity to move away from the head, reflector and media attention he had here in Australia. It will be good to learn what it is like to actually be an international cricket on the road in really difficult, challenging foreign conditions, ” Ponting concluded.
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