47 Quotes by Trevor Hohns

Michael has been bowling fractionally better than Jason but it could have been an either-or call. He's been doing well in all sorts of conditions and is ready after losing form in England. Shaun offers that bit of oomph and if required he can provide some extra punch.

We have to take into account who may be bowling better at the time, and that's been difficult with a lack of games.

Watson gives the squad added flexibility. We can choose to play two spinners if the pitch looks like it will offer them something, or we can play four bowlers with Watson providing a fifth option.

The decision on the make-up of the fast bowling quartet was not an easy one, given that we are without McGrath. We wanted a blend of pace, youth, experience and line and length and believe we have all of these covered with our selection. Tait is coming back from a shoulder injury and he's bowling at full pace so we're happy that the injury isn't hampering his bowling.

We consider it is time to make some adjustments to the batting line-up after some disappointing results in England ?We considered the performance by Damien in England as not up to the standard we require.

There hasn't even been anything specific discussed. If he was going to make himself available, we would prefer him to do it sooner rather than later.

Two-day games are useless as far as I'm concerned.

We want to give him a little bit more experience and encouragement of course, as a young player and hopefully a young star on the horizon.

We expect that all three players who have not been selected will go back to state cricket and get back to the sort of form they were in 12 months ago.