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| March 31, 2006 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1427 |
Australia include uncapped spinner
MELBOURNE, March 30: Promising off-spinner Dan Cullen has been added to the Australian one-day cricket squad to tour Bangladesh in April. Cullen replaces medium pacer Mick Lewis in the 14-man squad in the only change to the team that lost the fifth and deciding one-day match against South Africa.
The selectors have retained the same 14-man Test squad currently in South Africa.
Australia’s chairman of selectors, Trevor Hohns, said Lewis was unlucky to lose his spot but the panel wanted to give Cullen his chance with the need for an extra spinner for Bangladesh.
“We have brought Daniel Cullen into the one-day squad to give him an opportunity to perform at the next level,” Hohns said.
“It will be a good test for Daniel and we think it is the right time to give him some experience.”
Lewis, who conceded more than 100 runs in the world record loss to South Africa, said he was disappointed at being dropped but that he hadn’t given up hope of a recall.
Australia will play two Tests and three one-dayers in Bangladesh.
Test squad: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain), Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Michael Kasprowicz, Justin Langer, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Shane Warne.
One-day squad: Ponting (captain), Gilchrist (vice-captain), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Daniel Cullen, Brad Hogg, Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Lee, Martyn, Shane Watson, Symonds.—Reuters
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