Australia A vs England A : Paine included in Australia A squad

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Fast bowler Pat Cummins has been named in the Australia squad for the one-day matches against Wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine, who has been away from competitive cricket since July 2011 due to a finger injury, has been included in the Australia A squad for the tour of England in July. More... Paine included in Australia A squad ESPNcricinfo staff May 10, 2012 Wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine, who has been away from competitive cricket since July 2011 due to a finger injury, has been included in the Australia A squad for the tour of England in July. Paine, widely regarded as Brad Haddin's successor, has undergone extensive bone-graft surgery on his right index finger and John Inverarity, chairman of selection panel, said that the selectors were keen to accelerate Paine's return to form. "Tim was impressive when he represented Australia in the various formats and he is recovering well from his injury," Inverarity said. Inverarity said the A squad had been selected on the basis of good performances in the domestic season, and also aimed at giving the upcoming young talent exposure to English conditions. Batsman George Bailey, bowlers Patrick Cummins, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and allrounder Steve Smith, who are part of the ODI squad, have also been named in the A team. "The second (exposure to English conditions) is a focus on the Ashes tour of 2013 and familiarising a number of our less experienced international players and back-up players with English conditions," he said. South Australia batsman Michael Klinger, who is in England with county side Worcestershire, has been included in the squad as an opener along with Ed Cowan. Mitchell Starc, who is contracted to represent Yorkshire, has also been included. Inverarity said that the selection of the A squad had been difficult to finalise due to a busy schedule ahead and the need to manage player workloads. "There is an ICC World Twenty20 preparation camp in Australia in August. Those on the Australia A tour who are selected for the ICC World Twenty20 will have to leave the A tour after one or two of the scheduled four games. Hence there will be a need for replacements and a degree of flexibility." Australia A squad Ed Cowan (capt), Peter Forrest (vc) , George Bailey, Jackson Bird, Joe Burns, Tom Cooper, Patrick Cummins, Ben Cutting, Liam Davis, Jon Holland, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Klinger, Nathan Lyon, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc

[Chandan]

Just look at this A side and then have a look at the A side chosen for India and you will see the difference why Australia, despite going into transition for a fair bit of time did not lose as badly everywhere and why India's future is looking so bleak how it lost so many matches and why the youngsters have not been stepping up. This A side for Australia is to give their new future stars an exposure to English conditions and many of the players chosen in this side will have full chance to be in the test side for next year's Ashes. This is how they prepare their teams for future. And what do we do? Choose players like Jalaj Saxena who'll NEVER play for India!!

[saneindian]

Just look at this A side and then have a look at the A side chosen for India and you will see the difference why Australia, despite going into transition for a fair bit of time did not lose as badly everywhere and why India's future is looking so bleak how it lost so many matches and why the youngsters have not been stepping up. This A side for Australia is to give their new future stars an exposure to English conditions and many of the players chosen in this side will have full chance to be in the test side for next year's Ashes. This is how they prepare their teams for future. And what do we do? Choose players like Jalaj Saxena who'll NEVER play for India!!

The last time an India A team was named, we had the likes of Ganpathy, Jaskaran, Bipul Sharma making the cut. Two years down the line and those guys are not even regulars for their state sides!

[Magneto]

Just look at this A side and then have a look at the A side chosen for India and you will see the difference why Australia, despite going into transition for a fair bit of time did not lose as badly everywhere and why India's future is looking so bleak how it lost so many matches and why the youngsters have not been stepping up. This A side for Australia is to give their new future stars an exposure to English conditions and many of the players chosen in this side will have full chance to be in the test side for next year's Ashes. This is how they prepare their teams for future. And what do we do? Choose players like Jalaj Saxena who'll NEVER play for India!!

But most of the selections in our A-team are spot on. If we scan the Aussie A team, we might find an equivalent of Jalaj Saxena as well.

[Precambrian]

Yeah - Australia had the numpties to play Cameron White as a regular leg spinner lmao! Not to mention their merry go around with the spinners - how many of them are actually playing FC cricket now?

[rkt.india]

The last time an India A team was named' date=' we had the likes of Ganpathy, Jaskaran, Bipul Sharma making the cut. Two years down the line and those guys are not even regulars for their state sides![/quote'] Jalaj Saxena ownt make most state teams in India, but for Jagdale, his club team coach and owner.

[Cricket Tragic]

Good seamers but Klinger and Cowan as openers on an A tour? Cowan should stick to writing (Australia's Chopra) and Klinger is in his 30s.

[Chandan]

Good seamers but Klinger and Cowan as openers on an A tour? Cowan should stick to writing (Australia's Chopra) and Klinger is in his 30s.

Didn't the Aussie selector say that they are selecting the squad with an eye on Ashes? Maybe they want Klinger as an back up opener and hence his being in 30s is of no relevance here. And Cowan has just started his career. Doesn't seem a blessed batsman with loads of talent but is certainly hard working and puts a price on his wicket. You want Aussies to emulate Indian selectors and bin a player after few failures? Sorry. I don't agree. If you are fine with India's selection, good for you. I'm not. I completely understand and appreciate the way Australian selectors are grooming their players. I don't know about a few players in the squad, but the majority are known!

[rkt.india]

Didn't the Aussie selector say that they are selecting the squad with an eye on Ashes? Maybe they want Klinger as an back up opener and hence his being in 30s is of no relevance here. And Cowan has just started his career. Doesn't seem a blessed batsman with loads of talent but is certainly hard working and puts a price on his wicket. You want Aussies to emulate Indian selectors and bin a player after few failures? Sorry. I don't agree. If you are fine with India's selection, good for you. I'm not. I completely understand and appreciate the way Australian selectors are grooming their players. I don't know about a few players in the squad, but the majority are known!

Same with India A squad. you take out Jalaj and Darekar, all are well known players.

[Magneto]

Same with India A squad. you take out Jalaj and Darekar' date=' all are well known players.[/quote'] True. And I am glad they gave Darekar a shot, since he's been really promising this domestic season. We anyway don't have a second good left-arm spinner after Ojha in the horizon, and I am keen to see what Darekar can do.

[Chandan]

True. And I am glad they gave Darekar a shot, since he's been really promising this domestic season. We anyway don't have a second good left-arm spinner after Ojha in the horizon, and I am keen to see what Darekar can do.

Really? How is Darekar better Appanna and Nadeem? And how will Dhawan suddenly justify his position after havong failed in so many chances earlier? Anyway, this is a thread for Aus A team. Not even one of their selection is quota based or out of placed. They didn't choose Hughes or Khwaja because both of them are already playing in English conditions, with various counties, ie, very much in contention for Ashes! They are having a planned preparation. And I like it very much irrespective whatever the result might be next year.

[Cricket Tragic]

Didn't the Aussie selector say that they are selecting the squad with an eye on Ashes? Maybe they want Klinger as an back up opener and hence his being in 30s is of no relevance here. And Cowan has just started his career. Doesn't seem a blessed batsman with loads of talent but is certainly hard working and puts a price on his wicket. You want Aussies to emulate Indian selectors and bin a player after few failures? Sorry. I don't agree. If you are fine with India's selection, good for you. I'm not. I completely understand and appreciate the way Australian selectors are grooming their players. I don't know about a few players in the squad, but the majority are known!

I'm not happy with the Indian selection either and I posted about it on the other thread.

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Morgan to skipper England Lions vs Australia A Batsman Eoin Morgan will captain an England Lions squad in two four-day matches against Australia A in August. More... Morgan to captain England Lions against Australia Andrew McGlashan July 27, 2012 Eoin Morgan has a chance to impress the selectors in the longer format © PA Photos Eoin Morgan will captain England Lions in their two-match series against Australia A next month. The 13-man squad for the four-day matches at Old Trafford and Edgbaston includes three others with Test experience while every player has previously represented the Lions. Morgan, Samit Patel, Jonny Bairstow and James Tredwell have Test caps to their name, while Craig Kieswetter, Stuart Meaker, James Taylor and Chris Woakes have also played one-day internationals. The inclusion of cricketers who already play regular international cricket - such as Morgan, Kieswetter and Patel - shows how seriously the selectors are taking the matches ahead of the back-to-back Ashes series next year rather than using it as a chance to purely blood youth. However, they stopped short of naming any of the current Test reserves such as Graham Onions or Steven Finn who are both in the mix to face South Africa at Headingley. The Australia A squad, which is led by Ed Cowan contains considerable experience, most notably Mitchell Johnson. For Morgan the series is a chance to restate his Test credentials after his poor series against Pakistan earlier this year which led to him being dropped for the following tour of Sri Lanka. Since then Patel, Bairstow and now Ravi Bopara have been given middle-order roles in the Test team. However, Morgan showed impressive form in the recent one-day series against Australia including a match-winning, unbeaten 89 at Lord's. With Bopara making an uncertain return to the Test side against South Africa and Bairstow struggling against West Indies earlier this season the No. 6 spot is yet to be cemented and a strong finish to the summer - with the Lions and Middlesex - will put Morgan back in contention. Elsewhere the squad is a mixture of experienced county cricketers - Patel, Tredwell and the leading run-scorer of the season Nick Compton - plus young players who have already been integrated into the England set up. Taylor and Joe Root, who recently scored a double hundred in the Championship, are among the next generation of batsmen vying for an opportunity while Stuart Meaker is one of the quickest bowlers in the country. Tredwell is accompanied in the spin department by Lancashire's Simon Kerrigan who was part of the squad to face the West Indians earlier this season but did not make the final XI at Wantage Road. From the team that won that match by 10 wickets, Michael Carberry (injury), Jack Brooks and Jade Dernbach are not in this squad along with Ian Bell who used that game as Test preparation. Although the selectors see these two matches as crucial to the development of Test players they are likely to create further tensions with counties who will lose key names for Championship matches as the competiton enters its final third. Squad Jonny Bairstow, Matt Coles, Nick Compton, James Harris, Simon Kerrigan, Craig Kieswetter, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan (capt), Samit Patel, Joe Root, James Taylor, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes Fixtures August 7, Old Trafford August 14, Edgbaston

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Cowan hundred leads strong opening day The Australia A batsmen, led by captain Ed Cowan, enjoyed a productive start to their tour of England as they made 362 for 4 against Derbyshire More... Derbyshire v Australia A, Tour match, Derby, 1st day Cowan hundred leads strong opening day ESPNcricinfo staff July 27, 2012 Derbyshire 57 for 1 trail Australia A 362 for 4 (Cowan 109, Bailey 81*, Burns 74*) by 305 runs Scorecard Ed Cowan began Australia A's tour with a hundred The Australia A batsmen, led by captain Ed Cowan, enjoyed a productive start to their tour of England as they made 362 for 4 against Derbyshire. Cowan laid the platform with 109 and the middle-order built on his work with brisk half-centuries from George Bailey and Joe Burns. Batting is Australia's biggest concern at the moment and one of the major aims of this trip for Australia A is build knowledge and expertise in English conditions ahead of next year's Ashes. Cowan, who currently holds one of the opening slots in the Test side, prepared for this trip with a short spell with Gloucestershire and carried his good form into this match as he reached three figures off a spritely 123 balls. Following the early loss of Michael Klinger, caught by fellow Australian Usman Khawaja off Mark Turner, there were substantial partnerships throughout the innings. Cowan and Peter Forrest, who is one of four players in this team who were on the recent one-day tour, added 89 for the second wicket before David Wainwright, the left-arm spinner, removed Forrest for the first of his three wickets. Shortly after reaching his hundred Cowan was stumped off Wainwright but Bailey, Australia's Twenty20 captain, played a forthright innings that included 12 fours and two sixes to keep the momentum going. With an eye on the future Joe Burns, a highly-rated 22-year-old from Queensland, began his tour promisingly with a brisk 74 including three sixes, two of which came in three balls off Wainwright in the last over before the declaration. In reply, Derbyshire made a steady start against Mitchell Johnson and Jackson Bird - the former well known to English audiences and the latter who has 53 wickets in eight first-class matches at 16 - but Matt Lineker fell shortly before the close to Mitchell Starc.

[MCcricket]

One of the Aussie players who needs to play more as he is an asset to the opposition, mediocre guys short on talent and big on words.

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Durham v Australia A : Australia A start well in chase Australia A made a solid start as they chased 224 for victory against Durham after another day dominated by the ball at Chester-le-Street. The home side earned a lead of 38 before stumbling to 49 for 5 in their second innings, but a robust 62 from Ian Blackwell, the first half-century of the match, set a demanding total. More... Durham v Australia A, Tour match, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day Australia A start well in chase ESPNcricinfo staff August 2, 2012 Australia A 159 (Wood 4-36) and 56 for 0 need 168 more runs to beat Durham 197 and 185 (Blackwell 62, Coulter-Nile 3-32, Holland 3-49) Scorecard Australia A made a solid start as they chased 224 for victory against Durham after another day dominated by the ball at Chester-le-Street. The home side earned a lead of 38 before stumbling to 49 for 5 in their second innings, but a robust 62 from Ian Blackwell, the first half-century of the match, set a demanding total. However, in 13 overs before bad light brought an early close Ed Cown and Liam Davis added 56 - 44 of which came in boundaries - after the top order failed to convince in the first innings. Australia A had resumed on 111 for 6 and Nathan Coulter-Nile fell to the fourth ball of the day and, after a stand of 41 between Tim Paine and Mitchell Starc, the last three wickets fell for seven. Australia A's pace bowlers were soon making inroads. Starc had Mark Stoneman, the Durham captain for this match, caught behind and Alister McDermott added two more scalps to the four he took on the opening day including that of Ben Stokes. Blackwell, though, responded with the most free-flowing innings of the match as he crunched six fours and three sixes in a 63-ball stay. He added 86 in 19 overs for the sixth wicket with Michael Richardson to push the lead towards 200. Jon Holland, the left-arm spinner, broke through in his fourth over and he claimed two further wickets to help end Durham's innings. Coulter-Nile, who was a late addition to the squad after James Pattinson was injured, also ended with 3 for 32.