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Squad announcements are rarely interesting on their own. This one is, because of who is missing rather than who is included.
Room made for the next generation
Two senior batters have been rested rather than dropped, and the language around both is careful. That leaves middle-order places open for players who have spent two seasons scoring heavily in domestic cricket without a call-up.
Selectors rarely get credit for this kind of decision. It looks cautious in the short term and obvious in hindsight.
The bowling question
Conditions on tour are expected to reward spin from the third day onwards. Carrying only two frontline spinners is a gamble, and it puts a lot of weight on the all-rounders to fill the overs in between.
You pick a squad for the series in front of you, but you build one for the three that come after it.
Team management, speaking at the squad announcement
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Disagree on the declaration timing, but this is well argued.
Agreed. Overs remaining matters far more than the size of the lead.