Australia will pick their best 11 against England during the white-ball tour next month but fringe players can win selection by impressing in intra-squad warmup matches, coach Justin Langer said on Thursday. Uncapped players like Josh Philippe, Daniel Sams and Riley Meredith will hope to debut in England but Langer said none would be picked for simply being fit and present. "When it comes to picking our first 11, we’ll still be picking our best 11," he told reporters in a video call. At the moment, our view is those guys are getting the nod ahead of him," Langer said. "The compromise might be that some of our best players might have to miss some international cricket so they can spend some time seeing their families."

Source: dna August 20, 2020 07:41 UTC