Australia are yet to find a wicketkeeper-batsman for T20 World Cup later this yr, mentioned former skipper Ricky Ponting who additionally added that his private desire for the position will not be amongst 23 gamers picked for the white-ball sequence within the West Indies.
“The keeper-batsman is probably the slot they’d be losing the most sleep over right now,” Ponting was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au on Saturday.
“They’ve still got some questions to answer as far as what their overall squad looks like and I think the biggest one is ‘Who is going to be standing behind the stumps with the gloves on?’,” added Ponting, who himself has been a part of the Australia’s teaching workers for T20 cricket and was the assistant in 2019 World Cup.
Wicketkeeper-batsmen Alex Carey, Matthew Wade and Josh Philippe have been named not too long ago in an prolonged 23-man squad. But the squad will likely be whittled down earlier than 5 T20Is and three ODIs in opposition to West Indies in July, and 5 T20Is in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka.
“They have tried a few blokes — Wade has been there, Phillipe has just played as a batter, Alex Carey has been in and out and tried in a few different batting spots,” added Ponting.
The 46-year-old Aussie, who can also be the coach of Delhi Capitals, picked his supreme alternative – John Inglis. However, Inglis will not be even in Australia’s squad of 23.
“Josh Inglis’s identify could possibly be thrown into the ring as nicely — I actually appreciated what I noticed from him batting within the center order in final summer season’s BBL.
“He plays spin really well and you think about where the World Cup is going to be (in India or the UAE), he could be a name that could come up (for selection).”
