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Meanwhile, former Test star turned selector Mark Waugh criticised Australia\u2019s decision to go in with just the four specialist bowlers, believing Cummins didn\u2019t need six specialist batsmen given Alex Carey\u2019s form with the bat.<\/p>\n

Waugh described it as a \u201cdefensive selection\u201d and said he would have given speed demon Lance Morris a license to bowl flat out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the thing, I don\u2019t think we picked the right team actually,\u201d Waugh said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have played five bowlers. I didn\u2019t think we needed six out-and-out batsmen plus Carey.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, that\u2019s a little slight defensive selection. Maybe they wanted to look at Renshaw on a turning pitch for India. So you can give them a little leeway there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you don\u2019t need that batting line-up against South Africa. I thought we needed an extra bowler.<\/p>\n

\u201cLance Morris, for example, I would have played. Just to have a look at him, pace through the air. So that was a slightly defensive selection I thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, a day that promised plenty delivered nothing as the rain set in on Sydney to dampen what shaped as an exciting day of Test cricket.<\/p>\n

While Shane Warne is no longer with us, it was only a year ago that the legendary, late bowler called for Sydney to lose the New Year\u2019s Test because the weather gods were no longer playing ball with the scheduled Test.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better weather then [late November] than it is in the first week of January,\u201d Warne said last year on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seems to always rain in the Test match. It\u2019s such a beautiful venue, such a beautiful city that imagine if the tourists, and any opposition team, came here to Sydney and had 10 days on the harbour and loosening up, getting ready and then play the first Test in Sydney rather than the fourth Test always in the New Year, maybe it\u2019s time for a change.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Australia won\u2019t want to lose that first Test match in Brisbane, but it hasn\u2019t been that well attended the Brisbane Test match either. Whereas maybe Brisbane could be the New Year Test match and Sydney could be the first one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley, however, rubbished any suggestions the SCG Test should be moved from its traditional timeslot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an iconic event on the sporting calendar, people plan their entire holidays around it. We saw over 30,000 people come out yesterday,\u201d Hockley told SEN on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticularly now with the pink Test in its 15th year and the positive impact. There is so much going on around the ground but obviously we all want to see as much play as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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