{"id":172267,"date":"2021-12-12T05:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T06:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172267"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T12:58:21","slug":"aussie-bolter-makes-surprise-ashes-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172267","title":{"rendered":"Aussie bolter makes surprise Ashes statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Australia was beating England by nine wickets in the first Ashes Test<\/a> at the Gabba, the next generation of Aussie batting was putting on a show just down the road.<\/p>\n

An Australia A team took on England Lions at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, which the hosts won by 112 runs.<\/p>\n

The main attraction was veteran batter Usman Khawaja, who narrowly missed out on the No.5 spot in the Test team to Travis Head<\/a>. Head ended up scoring an incredible Ashes century<\/a> in the main event, likely cementing his position in the team for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n

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Khawaja, on the other hand, fell for scores of 11 and 5 against England's third-string bowling attack. The performance will do nothing to aid his case for a Test recall.<\/p>\n

But it was a young Australia A teammate who announced himself as a genuine Test prospect for the future, if not for this summer.<\/p>\n

\"Australia<\/p>\n

Bryce Street, 23, top scored for the match with an unbeaten 119 in the second innings.<\/p>\n

He faced 254 deliveries in the knock. In his first dig he was out for 26 off 91 balls.<\/p>\n

Street has also scored a 143 and an 87 for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield this season. He averages 37.62 from 21 first-class matches.<\/p>\n

There could be an opening spot available in the Aussie Test team unless Marcus Harris<\/a> finds some runs in the next match in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

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The left-hander was lucky to be picked by selectors for the opening Test, then was out for 3 in the first innings. He scored the winning runs in the second but only had to score 9 to do it, and looked far from convincing.<\/p>\n

Harris' first-class average of 39.62 is only slightly better than Street's, and he's largely failed at Test level in his 11 games for Australia.<\/p>\n

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Also for Australia A, fast bowler Michael Neser took seven wickets for the match.<\/p>\n

Neser, 31, has been around the Test squad previously but never been handed a baggy green. But there could be no better time than his home Test in Adelaide starting Thursday, where the right-armer would relish the opportunity to swing the pink ball under lights.<\/p>\n

It's highly unlikely, however, that Australia changes its bowling attack, given the star pink-ball star power of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood.<\/p>\n

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