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ustralia have stood by David Warner for this week’s essential Fourth Ashes Test, with spinner Todd Murphy as an alternative preventing to maintain his place.
Warner is beneath strain after making simply 5 runs throughout two innings within the Third Test at Headingley earlier than falling twice to Stuart Broad, and there had been discuss Australia would re-jig their line-up so as to accommodate each the fit-again Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh, who scored a century deputising for the all-rounder.
Aussie captain Pat Cummins , although, has given Warner his backing, with the vacationers set to enter the Manchester contest with an unchanged high order.
“Davey didn’t have his best game last week at Headingley but prior to that looked really good,” Cummins stated on Tuesday. “He had three 50-run partnerships which can be rare over here in England. The way him and [Usman Khawaja] have batted has been really important to setting up our innings.
“We back Davey, we know how tough it can be to open over here. I’m sure he’s doing all the right things, he’s shown some great signs and I think a big score’s just around the corner.”
Cummins confirmed that seamer Josh Hazlewood will return to the aspect instead of Scott Boland, however was maintaining his playing cards near his chest so far as the ultimate place within the Australian aspect, with Marsh anticipated to be retained and one in all Green and Murphy set to overlook out.
The 22-year-old spinner made his Ashes debut in Leeds however bowled solely two overs in England’s profitable run chase to go away the vacationers contemplating an all-seam assault at Old Trafford, the place a moist climate forecast might power a shortened sport and negate the affect of spin.
“Every situation is different,” Cummins stated. “As I stated final week about Toddy, I’d have liked to bowl him a bit extra, however there wasn’t a heap of overs within the sport, the ball appeared to swing and seam just a little bit, in order that’s definitely one thing to weigh up this week.
“It’s all conditions based, we’re really excited about Toddy, we think he’s a gun, he’s going to have a great future.”
