Australian Chief Selector George Bailey is unsure about David Warner’s place in the playing 11 in the WTC Final and Ashes 2023, despite naming him on the squad for both series. Australia will have a long tour in England starting on June 7 with WTC Final against India in the Oval.
Pat Cummins will return to lead the Australia team in England as he missed the last two Tests and the ODI series against India due to his mother’s illness and subsequent passing. Speaking about the team selection and David Warner’s place on the side.
“The Ashes is a huge series, and we‘ll be looking to pick our best team, We’re going to have our best team playing incredibly well. (Warner’s) invested and wants to make sure he helps us finish off a couple of consistent years on the Test front by trying to win the World Test Championship final,” George Bailey said.
David Warner managed to score only 26 runs in three outings in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. In his last 15 Tests innings, he has crossed the 50-run score just once which was the double century against South Africa.
The last time Australia went to England for the Ashes in 2019, the southpaw batter had a disastrous outing. He averaged just 9.5 runs across the five Tests with three ducks as the veteran pacer, Stuart Broad dismissed him seven times in the series.
And In IPL 2023, David Warner-led side made a disastrous start to their campaign as they suffered five losses in five games, and on his batting, the Australian Southpaw could not bat aggressively in the powerplay as he has a strike rate below 120 as many as five games.
It’s Been A Pretty Similar Team For A Long Period – George Bailey On Team Selection
George Bailey said that a similar team has been playing for a long period and is confident that the team would perform well in England Conditions.
“It‘s been a pretty similar team for a long period. We are confident that‘s a team and that’s a makeup that can have success.
The former Australian skipper said that the team combinations would be picked based on the different opposition and different conditions would be influencing factors in the team selection.
“Not specifically to Dave, but I think we‘ll just get through that Test Championship, We‘ll be planning behind the scenes, but we’ll have a look at what that looks like as we get there. Different opposition and different surfaces in terms of going from The Oval to start the Ashes. So we‘ll work through that,” George Bailey added.
The World Test Championship final will be underway at The Oval on June 7, while the all-exciting first Ashes Test will begin at Edgbaston on June 16.