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Langer explains Khawaja and Short omissions – cricket.com.au
Australia’s coach says the absence of the pair of left-handers for the tour of UK underlines the depth of batting talent available
Coach Justin Langer has cited the surfeit of talent among Australia’s current batting stocks and the blueprint his team wants to take into their upcoming white-ball campaign in England as reasons for the exclusion of experienced duo Usman Khawaja and D’Arcy Short.
It’s barely a year since Khawaja was a mainstay of Australia’s ODI batting at No.3 for a majority of the 2019 ICC World Cup in the UK, before being injured in the final group game of that tournament ultimately won by England.
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