Australia to rotate openers after Warner return
Coach Langer to ‘mix and match’ ahead of the World Cup
Sydney — Australian coach Justin Langer on Tuesday welcomed the top-order selection dilemma posed by the return of David Warner as offering “fantastic flexibility” to the team ahead of the World Cup. ‘’ The return of Steve Smith and Warner from their year-long bans for ball tampering has left selectors in a quandary, with openers Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja building a formidable partnership in recent one-day internationals. Warner has been in blistering touch in the Indian Premier League and typically opens the batting. But Langer on Tuesday said it was a welcome problem to have all three potential openers firing. “We have amazing flexibility now,” he told Melbourne radio SEN. “Usman and Finchy have done an incredible job opening the batting. David and Finchy have done a great job in the past doing it,” he added. Langer said he would “mix and match” the top order in matches leading up to the World Cup. “I love the flexibility of it. [It’s about] boys playing their roles for the te...
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