\u201cI\u2019m very used to being in early. If I have to open, great. If I bat three, great. Wherever there\u2019s a spot for me, I\u2019ll take it, and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incumbent No.3, Green\u2019s batting numbers in the Caribbean appear mediocre, but he improved through the series and passed 40 in three of his six innings in treacherous batting conditions.<\/p>\n
Skipper Pat Cummins indicated the generational talent would be given an extended run at three after Labuschagne\u2019s axing in the Caribbean in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see that as a long-term option,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n
Webster, with selector Tony Dodemaide watching from the boundary at Junction Oval, rounded out a poor game with the bat by attempting a wild slash and being caught at backward point for six.<\/p>\n
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Dodemaide left the ground not long after, but he would have been pleased the all-rounder sent down 23 overs in his return from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
The uncertainty over where Labuschagne will bat is due in large part to the inability of specialist openers around the country to press home their claims. With no more Shield cricket to play before selectors convene to pick the Test squad, Labuschagne stands head and shoulders above his state counterparts.<\/p>\n
Incumbent opener Sam Konstas completed a disappointing first three rounds of the Shield by giving away his wicket in cavalier fashion against Queensland.<\/p>\n
With the rain-interrupted match headed for a draw and an early finish, Konstas advanced down the pitch to play an extravagant drive to debutant paceman Sam Skelly only to hole out at mid-off for 41.<\/p>\n
After managing 50 runs from six innings in the Caribbean, last summer\u2019s Boxing Day hero has produced 122 runs at 20.33 across his six Sheffield Shield knocks this season, passing 20 just twice.<\/p>\n
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On a Gabba pitch where wickets fell every 53 runs across the match, Konstas again teased with moments of class \u2013 notably a cleanly struck six off Mitch Swepson \u2013 but another rash shot capped off an underwhelming case to retain his place.<\/p>\n
Tasmania\u2019s Jake Weatherald was another who did himself no favours, twice failing to see out the final few overs of the day to the new Kookaburra in his scores of zero and 12 from a combined total of 13 balls against Victoria.<\/p>\n
Matt Renshaw did not capitalise either, making 29 for Queensland after a century in his other Shield hit four weeks ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m very used to being in early. If I have to open, great. If I bat three, great.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-253214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}