MARCUS NORTH

Former Aussie Test Batsman
Two days into this Ashes series, and there is still a lot of talk about the Australian selections that saw Tim Paine drafted in to take the gloves and Matt Renshaw dropped from the opener’s spot. I wrote last week that I believed Renshaw should have kept his place, and I stand by that call. I am disappointed the selectors have not kept faith with a 21-year-old kid who has shown great promise and a determined attitude to succeed at the highest level.
In Renshaw’s last knock on Australian soil, he went big with a daddy hu...