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Playing for keeps: Carey in box seat to succeed Paine – cricket.com.au
Redbacks gloveman included in a Test squad for the first time and now looms as the next man in line to take the wicketkeeping duties long term
South Australian Alex Carey has been all but “rubber stamped” by selectors as Tim Paine’s wicketkeeping successor with his call-up to the Australia Test squad for next month’s Qantas tour of South Africa.
Carey will fill the role of back-up gloveman against the Proteas, as selector Trevor Hohns reaffirmed the national selection panel’s faith in Paine, the incumbent ‘keeper and captain who came under heavy criticism at the back-end of Australia’s recent 2-1 series defeat to India.
And with 33-year-old…
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