NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has backed Cameron Bancroft for a Test recall, recommending the 31-year-old to open the innings in the forthcoming five-match series against India.
Bancroft may have a chance to be called up to the Test team for the crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy match against India, which begins in Perth on November 22, due to all-rounder Cameron Green‘s lower back stress fracture injury.
“I don’t think it’s fair to pick someone on two games. This is also what I’ve said about Sam Konstas as well. I think he’s a very talented player and I love that he’s started the season very well, but just because you get two hundreds doesn’t mean you jump someone that’s scored 12 hundreds in the past four years, like Bancroft or Harris,” Clarke said on Sky’s Big Sports Breakfast.
“They’ve played first-class cricket for a long time, they’ve earned the right to be next in line. I would be very disappointed if I was captain of the Australian cricket team and I didn’t know who was opening the batting right now in that first Test match,” he added.
In the forthcoming series, Bancroft, who has been the top run scorer in the Sheffield Shield the past few seasons, is a contender to open the batting for Australia along with Matthew Renshaw and Marcus Harris.
