As anticipation builds for the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) Final, former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has revealed his playing XI for the marquee clash against South Africa at Lord\u2019s, raising a few eyebrows with bold selection calls \u2014 including a surprise move to open with Cameron Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on the Willow Talk Podcast<\/em>, Haddin expressed confidence in Green’s return to the Test XI \u2014 not just in the middle order, but potentially opening the batting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I think Cameron Green will come back into the squad\u2026 and what that looks like, I think you\u2019ll see him at either one or three, and Marnus the other one,” Haddin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The unusual move comes as Labuschagne faces mounting pressure after a string of low scores for Glamorgan \u2014 0, 4, and 23 \u2014 all caught behind the wicket, exposing a weakness against seam and swing ahead of a potentially overcast Lord\u2019s Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another big call in Haddin\u2019s XI is the inclusion of Beau Webster, a versatile all-rounder who adds batting depth and medium pace \u2014 possibly at the expense of Nathan Lyon, depending on pitch and weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It\u2019ll be interesting with the forecast\u2026 if it\u2019s overcast and we know Lord\u2019s\u2026 do you think there\u2019s a world here where Lyno [Lyon] doesn\u2019t play that one-off game?” Haddin asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n That scenario opens the door for Scott Boland, who boasts an exceptional Test record: 56 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 17.66. Boland was the Player of the Match in his last Test, bagging 4\/31 and 6\/45 against India at the SCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While Haddin acknowledges that the West Indies tour following the final could see more experimentation, he believes the WTC Final calls for Australia\u2019s proven performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They\u2019ll use the players they\u2019ve used over this cycle\u2026 I think the Test team could look a lot different in the West Indies, but for the Test Championship, Cameron Green will come straight back in.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The WTC Final kicks off on June 11, and all eyes will be on Green\u2019s role, Lyon vs. Boland, and whether Haddin\u2019s bold XI becomes a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As anticipation builds for the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) Final, former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has revealed his playing XI for the marquee clash against South Africa at Lord\u2019s, raising a few eyebrows with bold selection calls \u2014 including a surprise move to open with Cameron Green. \ud83c\udfcf Brad Haddin\u2019s Australia XI for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3115,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/3115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurubhainews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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