Australia spinner Ashton Agar released from Test squad

22.02.2023 - 10:17 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

With the visitors having lost the first two Tests of the four-match series, the 29-year-old left-arm spinner is the latest Australian to return home midway into the tour."(Agar) has worked incredibly hard, he's done his absolute best to support the team.

We acknowledge all work he's done, he's worked his backside off," Dodemaide said."In the first Test (in Nagpur) it was a very close call (between Murphy, Agar and Swepson) as to what spin structure we went with.

The question mark of whether the two off-spinners could go together," said the selector on tour. "We had Matthew Kuhnemann coming in for the second Test – again a very close call with that.

We just decided that Matthew's style would be suited to the conditions there."Agar has returned home without playing any match as off-spinner Todd Murphy was selected ahead of him for the first Test in Nagpur.

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