Matt Renshaw scores century for Prime Minister’s XI in opposition to Pakistan in race for Take a look at opener spot

Queenslander Matt Renshaw is making his case to be Australia’s subsequent Take a look at opener with a century for the Prime Minister’s XI in opposition to Pakistan.

With long-time opener David Warner set to go away the five-day recreation this summer season, Renshaw has featured in a race to interchange him, alongside Western Australia’s Cameron Bancroft and Victorian Marcus Harris.

Bancroft and Harris scored 53 and 49 respectively on the prime of the order within the tour match, with Renshaw carrying on to a few figures from first drop at Manuka Oval.

He obtained a number of possibilities between 50 and 100, together with probably gloving a brief ball to the wicketkeeper and watching a thick outdoors edge fly between keeper and first slip to maneuver to 87.

Renshaw was then left on 99 over tea, however reached his twenty first first-class century simply after the break with a single off his 251st supply confronted.

A veteran of 14 Checks since 2016, the 27-year-old was not named within the 14-man squad for the primary recreation in opposition to Pakistan, beginning in Perth on Thursday, however the PM’s XI recreation is the ultimate audition for potential replacements.

Warner is ready to open for the three Checks in opposition to Pakistan, ending up his glowing Take a look at profession on the SCG in January, earlier than Australia’s males’s group begins a brand new period with two Checks in opposition to West Indies.

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