Chadd Sayers has returned to the Test squad after being dropped initially
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Chadd Sayers has been added to Australia’s squad for the upcoming four-Test tour of South Africa after fellow pace bowler Jackson Bird was ruled out of the series with a hamstring injury.
Allan Border: “He’d be there just in the selectors’ back pocket”
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Legendary Australia batsman Allan Border believes that pace bowler Peter Siddle may have done enough during the Big Bash League (BBL) to revive his international career.
Agar hasn’t played Test cricket since July 2013
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Australia have called up the spin duo Ashton Agar and Steve O’Keefe for the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sydney.
“We think the conditions in New Zealand will suit Chadd as much as anyone”
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Uncapped pace bowler Chadd Sayers and seamer Jackson Bird have both been included in Australia’s Test squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand next month.
Tait will be playing one-day cricket for South Australia for the first time since the 2010-11 season
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Former Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait is set to play his first one-day match after three-and-a-half years after he was included in South Australia’s squad for their first game of the Matador Cup.
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“I certainly didn’t expect or ask for this opportunity but I jumped at the chance when [CA’s general manager of team performance] Pat Howard asked me”
Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris has been given his first taste of coaching as he was named the assistant coach for Australia A’s home series against South Africa A, India A and the Cricket Australia National Performance Squad.
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Hazlewood will be sidelined for the next month
Australia’s pace bowling stocks continue to dwindle just days before the start of the Ashes series against arch-rivals England after it was revealed that Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of action for a month after complaining of shin soreness.
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Pattinson does have the tendency to succumb to injuries on a regular basis
It seems as if there is a curse on Australia’s pace bowlers as every time a big series comes around, one of them sustains a serious injury, and the tradition continued during the ongoing Ashes series as 23-year-old James Pattinson was ruled out for the remainder of the historic series with a stress fracture of the lower back.
