4 on the ICC Test batting rankings, is coming off a record-breaking home Test summer, plundering 525 runs at 87.50 against the West Indies and South Africa. He became the first Australian to finish a home Test summer with 500+ runs and a strike rate of 95+. “I think you have to play different conditions, at different times,” Bailey said in December. “I think he (Head) has spoken to the fact he hasn’t been exposed to those conditions a great deal. So I think there are opportunities for players in the XI to play different roles at different times as well.
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