Selectors

The board in a statement invited applications for the two national selectors (senior men), five national selectors (senior women), and two national selectors (junior men).

All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt announced that Will Jordan and Leicester Fainga’anuku will not fly to Mendoza for the match against the Pumas on 8 July and will both be remaining in New Zealand to recover.

Another possible option for selectors was to bring in Matthew Renshaw to bolster the batting with either Hazlewood or Boland making way.

A timely 96 in Western Australia’s most recent Shield game was a reminder of his quality as the selectors look for a way to get him back in the side.

Australian selectors went with Michael Matthews instead as the protected rider for the elite men's road race and he won a bronze medal.

Former Delhi batsman and coach KP Bhaskar has blamed the policy of opting for selectors from outside Delhi and the lack of continuity in the playing XI for Delhi’s abysmal season.

However, he has been overlooked by the selectors time and again.

Instead of replacing him, the selectors sent him home to see how quickly he could recover while avoiding surgery, meanwhile holding his spot.

Our management team and selectors discussed the issue in detail and were amicably in agreement that it was in the best interests of Josh and the team.

Secondly, it is only selectors with exalted stature – an extinct breed in Indian cricket – that can guide, second-guess and, at times, over-rule the high-profile captains and coaches, those whose conduct isn’t always beyond reproach.

Should the selectors ease a player into pool matches and off the bench for the win or go home games?

Slade is one player that Munster will have to contain and his recent performances have not gone unnoticed by the national selectors.

Taking place in the same venue the MK Breakers won the NBL Division 3 Play-Off Final, the young Breakers showed off their skills in front of selectors in the regional tournament.

Tongue has impressed for the Pears over the past couple of seasons and was discussed by selectors for the initial squad, only for a minor side strain to count against him.

And for the crucial wicketkeeper slot, the selectors would give multiple left-right options and, more importantly, ones who could be flexible in terms of where they bat.

Anrich Nortjé is another who needs the extra playing time in Delhi if he wants to impress Walter and the selectors.

Australia’s selectors are yet to announce a squad for the Test component of the series.

Harper achieved the qualifying criteria, while Reid will have to wait on the discretion of the selectors.

Harris, who last played a Test in January 2022, has even missed out on being part of the extended squad after selectors chose Australia’s white-ball wicketkeeper Josh Inglis to be the spare batter.

He then became the chairman of South Africa’s selectors and coached Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.