The selectors were unanimous in the decision to select Hamish. We acknowledge his recent lack of form but believe he will turn it around. We were also conscious of the need to retain continuity within the squad and not to make wholesale changes. |
Their A side has been strong for quite some time. They will be good warm-up games and give us a decent measure of where we are at since the Indian series, |
Their Test team will have a stronger feel to it than the one-day side. |
Undoubtedly, yes. It would've been (hard to retain him). |
We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection. |
We sat down for a long chat about the issue and it was a pretty tough hour for both of us, because we go back a long way, |
We've got a major tournament in India, a major tournament in the West Indies, and the VB Series in Australia so we have to evolve a bowling attack that can win in three different continents. |
We've timed part of our altitude conditioning with the warm-up games but don't see that as an issue. |
What I'm hearing is he's struggling with throwing, he can't throw at the moment but he is making some progress. |
You can't have a guy who holds every batting record there is and not gain confidence. |