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Australia drop Weatherald, recall Renshaw for second Bangladesh Test

Australia drop Weatherald, recall Renshaw for second Bangladesh Test
Australia drop opener Jake Weatherald for 2nd Test vs Bangladesh; Matt Renshaw recalled · wionews.com

Australia plays a sport called cricket, and the best teams play long matches called Test matches.

Australia recently played a Test match against Bangladesh in a city called Darwin.

Australia lost that match by nine wickets, which means Bangladesh won very easily.

After the loss, the people who pick the team decided to make a change.

They dropped a player named Jake Weatherald because he scored only 23 runs and 0 runs in the match.

They chose Matt Renshaw to take his place instead.

Matt Renshaw is 30 years old and had not played a Test match for more than three years.

The next Test will be played in Mackay on Saturday, and Australia must win it to avoid losing their first series in four years.

The team hopes the new player will help them play better.

Key facts

First Test result
Australia lost by nine wickets to Bangladesh in Darwin
Player dropped
Jake Weatherald
Player recalled
Matthew Renshaw
Weatherald's first Test scores
23 and 0
Weatherald's Test average
20.36 after 12 innings
Renshaw's last Test
Delhi, India, in 2023 (over three years ago)
Renshaw's Sheffield Shield form
499 runs at an average of about 50 (articles differ: six matches vs 10 innings)
Series status
Australia trail the two-match ICC World Test Championship series 1-0

Quotes

Andrew McDonald

Australia national team coach

“"Yeah, there was some change to Jake in terms of where he lined up and his movement patterns,"”
livemint.com wionews.com
“Labuschagne needed "big runs" to shore up his place in the test setup.”
telegraphindia.com

Sources

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