{"id":859297,"date":"2026-08-18T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859297\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:02:13","slug":"jake-weatherald-axed-from-australian-test-team-as-matt-renshaw-gets-recall-for-test-against-bangladesh-in-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859297\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Weatherald axed from Australian Test team as Matt Renshaw gets recall for test against Bangladesh in Mackay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated August 18, 2026 \u2014 1:00pm,first published 12:52pm<\/p>\n

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Cairns: Jake Weatherald has been dropped from the Australian team and fellow opener Matt Renshaw called up after their heavy loss to Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin.<\/p>\n

Weatherald made two low scores at Marrara Stadium and looked uneasy at the batting crease, having admitted that his fate would be out of his hands if he didn\u2019t make a score in his hometown.<\/p>\n

\"MatthewMatthew Renshaw (left) will replace Jake Weatherald (right) at the top of Australia\u2019s batting order in the Mackay Test match against Bangladesh.Getty<\/p>\n

The brutality of the call was enhanced by the selectors\u2019 decision not even to take Weatherald on to Mackay as part of the squad, a decision that may also rule him out of the Test tour of South Africa in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are required to make runs all the time when you\u2019re out there, and I\u2019ve got a good opportunity to play two games hopefully and make some runs,\u201d Weatherald had said. \u201cIf I don\u2019t do that, then yeah I put my fate in someone else\u2019s hands and I haven\u2019t done enough.<\/p>\n

“It’s a challenge when people you respect say things about your batting, or your game. You’re naturally always looking for affirmation, and people to respect what you’re doing, but at the same time it’s a part of cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand now it\u2019s just a part of the game I\u2019m playing, but it\u2019s a great challenge as well. That\u2019s what makes Test cricket so hard, you\u2019re in the spotlight, you need to do a lot of things, not just make runs. If you can do it all, it makes for a good career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Renshaw made his Test debut as a 20-year-old a decade ago and was harshly left out of the team the following year when he was replaced by Cameron Bancroft. Ironically, Renshaw\u2019s last Tests in that initial stint with the team were in Australia\u2019s previous series against Bangladesh in 2017.<\/p>\n

He has made sporadic appearances since while honing his game but in recent times has been a consistent presence in white ball squads and was the best performing batter on the recent limited overs tour of Bangladesh where the hosts best Australia in the ODI series.<\/p>\n

More recently, Renshaw was part of the extended 19-man training squad in Brisbane ahead of the Darwin Test. Skipper Pat Cummins had alluded to the likelihood of a batting change after the nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s a balance of it’s one Test, but it’s also a bit of a trend as well, so trying to work out do you need to intervene now, or let it play out, and you think it’s the way forward,” Cummins said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the question over the next couple of days, we\u2019ll sit down and have a think, selectors will have a think, is there something there that\u2019s going to take us forward, or is it starting to become a trend that we think needs to be changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty clear it\u2019s not quite functioning as well as we\u2019d like as a group, so I\u2019m sure the batters will get together and talk. Review some footage, review methods, their approaches to how they were this week. If we need to make some changes to our style, we\u2019ve got a week or so and we better do it pretty quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Test opener and fellow Queenslander Matthew Hayden has been an outspoken advocate for Renshaw\u2019s return to Test cricket at the top of the order.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want some experience at the top,\u201d Hayden said on Seven. \u201cI want to see Matt Renshaw and I\u2019ve been saying this for at least 12 months. I think he is match fit \u2026 I think the selectors knew what he was, now I want to see what he actually is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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