Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Warner holds out IPL hot shot Fraser !

Warner holds out IPL hot shot Fraser

Time:2024-05-22 10:33:48 source:International Intervals news portal

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Hyped as the next David Warner by astute judges of his phenomenal batting talent, Jake Fraser-McGurk will have to settle for being next in line if Australia needs backup at the Twenty20 World Cup.

His extraordinary Indian Premier League form wasn’t enough to supplant anyone in the preliminary 15-man Australian squad that was announced May 1, but did earn him a spot as a traveling reserve for the tournament next month.

Australia coach Andrew McDonald confirmed the squad on Tuesday — with Warner, Travis Head and skipper Mitch Marsh remaining first choice top-order batters — and added Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short as injury cover.

“There’s no doubt what he did in the IPL, he lit it up,” McDonald told Australia’s SEN radio. “He’s an extraordinary talent (and) there’s no doubt that he did turn our heads.”

The 22-year-old Fraser-McGurk soared into Australia’s selection calculations with 330 runs at an almost surreal strike-rate of 234 for the Delhi Capitals. His four half-centuries included two off 15 balls as he shredded bowling attacks.

Related information
  • Vikings seek new deal with Justin Jefferson; star WR absent so far from workouts, AP source says
  • Women can stand the cold BETTER than men, surprising study finds
  • ACL injuries are more common in women soccer players than men. We may learn why
  • Walmart shutting down its 51 health care clinics, virtual care service
  • Congo names third American in a foiled coup plot as mourners gather in Utah to remember plot leader
  • Queen Mary and King Frederik are caught in a royal Photoshop row
  • Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms
  • Box office: ‘Challengers’ scores with $15 million in ticket sales
Recommended content
  • Australia as Bangladesh vow to boost trade as foreign ministers meet in Dhaka
  • Using a walker boot for too long may mean you can't ever walk properly without it again
  • Trainer and Brehm can find a few perks amid New Orleans disappointment
  • Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
  • Hush money trial: Trump witness Costello back on the stand after admonishment
  • To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji