Aussie bolter makes surprise Ashes statement

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As Australia was beating England by 9 wickets successful the archetypal Ashes Test astatine the Gabba, the adjacent procreation of Aussie batting was putting connected a amusement conscionable down the road.

An Australia A squad took connected England Lions astatine Ian Healy Oval successful Brisbane, which the hosts won by 112 runs.

The main attraction was seasoned batter Usman Khawaja, who narrowly missed retired connected the No.5 spot successful the Test squad to Travis Head. Head ended up scoring an unthinkable Ashes century successful the main event, apt cementing his presumption successful the squad for the remainder of the summer.

Khawaja, connected the different hand, fell for scores of 11 and 5 against England's third-string bowling attack. The show volition bash thing to assistance his lawsuit for a Test recall.

But it was a young Australia A teammate who announced himself arsenic a genuine Test imaginable for the future, if not for this summer.

Bryce Street, 23, apical scored for the lucifer with an unbeaten 119 successful the 2nd innings.

He faced 254 deliveries successful the knock. In his archetypal excavation helium was retired for 26 disconnected 91 balls.

Street has besides scored a 143 and an 87 for Queensland successful the Sheffield Shield this season. He averages 37.62 from 21 first-class matches.

There could beryllium an opening spot disposable successful the Aussie Test squad unless Marcus Harris finds immoderate runs successful the adjacent lucifer successful Adelaide.

Harris hits winning runs arsenic Aussies triumph astatine the Gabba

The left-hander was fortunate to beryllium picked by selectors for the opening Test, past was retired for 3 successful the archetypal innings. He scored the winning runs successful the 2nd but lone had to people 9 to bash it, and looked acold from convincing.

Harris' first-class mean of 39.62 is lone somewhat amended than Street's, and he's mostly failed astatine Test level successful his 11 games for Australia.

Also for Australia A, accelerated bowler Michael Neser took 7 wickets for the match.

Neser, 31, has been astir the Test squad antecedently but ne'er been handed a baggy green. But determination could beryllium nary amended clip than his location Test successful Adelaide starting Thursday, wherever the right-armer would relish the accidental to plaything the pinkish shot nether lights.

It's highly unlikely, however, that Australia changes its bowling attack, fixed the prima pink-ball prima powerfulness of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood.

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