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Connolly for Labuschagne 🤔

Surely though if they (finally) drop Labuschagne they get McSweeney bat @ 3 instead of moving Smudge up.

Unless of course today's plan for the WTC Final is now :-

Khawaja
Konstas
Smudge
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Webster (or Inglis)
 
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Jewell to the Renegades expected to be the next move

Already have Brown , Fraser-McGurk & Seifert so another strange one.
 
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Connolly for Labuschagne 🤔

Surely though if they (finally) drop Labuschagne they get McSweeney bat @ 3 instead of moving Smudge up.

Unless of course today's plan for the WTC Final is now :-

Khawaja
Konstas
Smudge
Green
Head
Webster (or Inglis)
Sounds like Labuschagne is safe (again)

Connolly possibly in for Murphy or Webster.
 
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No mention of any replacements for Cummins , Hazlewood & Marsh (have until the 12th to finalise the Champions Trophy Squad) , I am sure those not already in Sri Lanka were flying out today , ODI's v Sri Lanka are on the 12th & 14th.

EDIT : Fraser-McGurk being mentioned as one
 
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Doggett to the Renegades sounds like the next one

Is Richardson retiring ?

Behrendorff , Doggett , O'Neill , Rogers

+ Sutherland & a spinner

Don't understand that one
I'd guess they aren't re-signing Richo or Sandhu? Doggett to be the extra quick?

Jewell to the Renegades expected to be the next move

Already have Brown , Fraser-McGurk & Seifert so another strange one.
They have Harris, Harvey and Wells to potentially come off the books, so I imagine Jewell replaces one of them?
 
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I'd guess they aren't re-signing Richo or Sandhu? Doggett to be the extra quick?

They have Harris, Harvey and Wells to potentially come off the books, so I imagine Jewell replaces one of them?
One of Doggett or O'Neill to miss each game.

Wonder if they have told Richo to look around for options and if he can't find a suitor they re-sign him late or he retires.

Jewell has been handy at times , just needs to convert those 20's and 30's more.

Must have 11 locals + Seifert signed now.

Can't contract Peake and Stow yet as they were LRP's , doesn't leave them much room for others.
 
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No mention of any replacements for Cummins , Hazlewood & Marsh (have until the 12th to finalise the Champions Trophy Squad) , I am sure those not already in Sri Lanka were flying out today , ODI's v Sri Lanka are on the 12th & 14th.

EDIT : Fraser-McGurk being mentioned as one
Spencer Johnson also being mentioned.
 
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BBL sensation to debut, Murphy axed

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Australia is set to unveil its fourth debutant in as many Tests with West Australian Cooper Connolly to receive his baggy green this morning in Galle.
The 21-year-old left-arm spinning all-rounder will be included to face Sri Lanka in the second Test at the expense of Todd Murphy.
Australia will go in with three specialists bowlers, two all-rounders and a part-timer.
Connolly has played for Australia in both white-ball formats but does not have a first-class wicket.
 
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Sri Lanka batting

Sri Lanka 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Dinesh Chandimal, 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Kamindu Mendis, 6 Dhanajaya de Silva (capt), 7 Kusal Mendis (wk), 8 Ramesh Mendis, 9 Prabath Jayasuriya, 10 Nishan Peiris, 11 Lahiru Kumara

Australia 1 Usman Khawaja, 2 Travis Head, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steve Smith (capt), 5 Josh Inglis, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Beau Webster, 8 Cooper Connolly, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Matthew Kuhnemann
 
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Anyone else getting Steve Smith vibes from the Cooper Connolly selection decision?
I gather you are not predicting 10,000 Test runs for Connolly before he bats 😉

Smith did have 26 FC wickets @ 48.44 admittedly before his debut.

Did include a 7/64 though.

9 wickets from 3 bowls @ the crease in 2007-08 BBL including a 4/15

2009-10 another 4fa

2010 T20 World Cup he was equal 3rd for the most wickets.

Did a lot of work on his bowling with Terry Jenner.

So I guess the "potential" was their.

Marcus North got 6/55 in the second Innings of Smith's debut Test (Smith 3/51) , what on earth were Pakistan doing 🤔

Connolly looked tidy bowling his maiden over , hasn't been sighted since.

I would have liked them to pick Sangha , can't believe Sri Lanka dropped their leggies.
 
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