Why T20 World Cup has done rising keeper few Test favours

Selectors may still be a few days away from announcing who Tim Paine’s replacement will be behind the stumps for the first Test, so nothing is certain, but Carey’s last-start 100 for South Australia was a timely reminder he is the option that comes with a recent form guide.There is a feeling inside the selection room that Inglis, 26, is the better gloveman and possibly the likely longer-term keeper – particularly looking forward to next year’s tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka where catching to Nathan Lyon on dusty, spinning decks will be tricky business.Sport’s greatest rivalry is just around the corner and you can catch the Ashes live and ad-break free during play. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today >But as it stands a week out from the first Ashes Test, Inglis simply hasn’t had any match practice to speak of, having served as Australia’s stand-by wicketkeeper at the Twenty20 World Cup without getting a game.Carey’s batting form for South Australia has been patchy in Sheffield Shield cricket, but he does have two hundreds in the one-day competition and he is well and truly into the rhythm of the summer, and also provides the certainty of big match experience as a seasoned white ball international.Inglis played one Sheffield Shield match for Western Australia before flying to the World Cup, but prior to that his performances – although very strong – were in the English Hundred competition in August.There is also a feeling that it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Inglis to have another domestic season performing now that the spotlight is on him – but selectors are yet to make a final call and they could swing back towards the English-born gloveman.Inglis has been preparing to play for Australia since he joined the squad at the T20 World Cup and says his mindset doesn’t change now he could be on the verge of his Test debut. More rain is also expected to wipe out what loomed as a final battle for the Test place in a three-day intra-squad clash, and Inglis said he hadn’t been given any indication which way selectors might go. “I don’t know when they are going to make their decision. I’ll find out and then get my head around where I’m going to be playing,” Inglis said. “The whole time I had the mindset of preparing to play just in case, that’s the same here. It’s either the Test match or the Aussie A game, so I have cricket I need to prepare for. That’s my mindset at training and how its been for a while. “I feel in a really good place with my game at the moment and if given the opportunity I feel really confident.” Inglis, who was born in Leeds, has stormed his way into national contention on the back of a huge last summer that included three Sheffield Shield centuries for WA and a season average of 73.12 The 26-year-old reaped the rewards of working with a sports psychologist after wanting to find the best way to face more balls, to bat for longer and get the most out of himself.He said it was a new-found method he could draw on should he be picked despite not having played a game of cricket since September.“That’s the beauty of it, I can replicate what I am doing in training and in games. It’s not something that just comes out during a game,” he said. “I was getting a lot of starts and not going on. I went 25 Shield games without making a hundred. I went to Matt Burgan our psych and spoke in depth about that and it was brilliant. It changed my game and allowed me to build a couple of big innings. “I am trying to use it every time I pick up a bat to help myself. It’s before the ball is bowled, when it’s bowled and then after it. It’s making sure I am replicating it as much as possible.“I haven’t played much cricket but I played a Shield game before I came to Queensland (for scores of 28 and 13) and I’ve faced plenty of red balls, so I am ready to go.” Inglis has a career first-class average of 34.03 in 45 matches that puts him neck and neck with Carey, who averages 34.73. Before Carey’s one-day century he made scores of 0, 7 and 6 in the Shield for SA. “It’s quite crazy to think how far I have come in a short space of time but it’s really exciting,” Inglis said.  “I feel like if I was given the opportunity I’d do a good job.” Inglis, who grew up in England and moved to Australia when he was 14, said there would be some “banter over the dinner table” with his parents should he be picked to play.But there were no divided loyalties anymore. “Growing up in England I supported England, but that’s all changed now,” he said. “Once you start building your way up in to professional cricket, it’s tough to be trying to play for one country and not supporting them. “So that changes pretty quickly.”

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Selectors may still be a few days away from announcing who Tim Paine’s replacement will be behind the stumps for the first Test, so nothing is certain, but Carey’s last-start 100 for South Australia was a timely reminder he is the option that comes with a recent form guide.There is a feeling inside the selection room that Inglis, 26, is the better gloveman and possibly the likely longer-term keeper – particularly looking forward to next year’s tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka where catching to Nathan Lyon on dusty, spinning decks will be tricky business.Sport’s greatest rivalry is just around the corner and you can catch the Ashes live and ad-break free during play. New to Kayo? Start your free trial today >But as it stands a week out from the first Ashes Test, Inglis simply hasn’t had any match practice to speak of, having served as Australia’s stand-by wicketkeeper at the Twenty20 World Cup without getting a game.Carey’s batting form for South Australia has been patchy in Sheffield Shield cricket, but he does have two hundreds in the one-day competition and he is well and truly into the rhythm of the summer, and also provides the certainty of big match experience as a seasoned white ball international.Inglis played one Sheffield Shield match for Western Australia before flying to the World Cup, but prior to that his performances – although very strong – were in the English Hundred competition in August.There is also a feeling that it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Inglis to have another domestic season performing now that the spotlight is on him – but selectors are yet to make a final call and they could swing back towards the English-born gloveman.Inglis has been preparing to play for Australia since he joined the squad at the T20 World Cup and says his mindset doesn’t change now he could be on the verge of his Test debut. More rain is also expected to wipe out what loomed as a final battle for the Test place in a three-day intra-squad clash, and Inglis said he hadn’t been given any indication which way selectors might go. “I don’t know when they are going to make their decision. I’ll find out and then get my head around where I’m going to be playing,” Inglis said. “The whole time I had the mindset of preparing to play just in case, that’s the same here. It’s either the Test match or the Aussie A game, so I have cricket I need to prepare for. That’s my mindset at training and how its been for a while. “I feel in a really good place with my game at the moment and if given the opportunity I feel really confident.” Inglis, who was born in Leeds, has stormed his way into national contention on the back of a huge last summer that included three Sheffield Shield centuries for WA and a season average of 73.12 The 26-year-old reaped the rewards of working with a sports psychologist after wanting to find the best way to face more balls, to bat for longer and get the most out of himself.He said it was a new-found method he could draw on should he be picked despite not having played a game of cricket since September.“That’s the beauty of it, I can replicate what I am doing in training and in games. It’s not something that just comes out during a game,” he said. “I was getting a lot of starts and not going on. I went 25 Shield games without making a hundred. I went to Matt Burgan our psych and spoke in depth about that and it was brilliant. It changed my game and allowed me to build a couple of big innings. “I am trying to use it every time I pick up a bat to help myself. It’s before the ball is bowled, when it’s bowled and then after it. It’s making sure I am replicating it as much as possible.“I haven’t played much cricket but I played a Shield game before I came to Queensland (for scores of 28 and 13) and I’ve faced plenty of red balls, so I am ready to go.” Inglis has a career first-class average of 34.03 in 45 matches that puts him neck and neck with Carey, who averages 34.73. Before Carey’s one-day century he made scores of 0, 7 and 6 in the Shield for SA. “It’s quite crazy to think how far I have come in a short space of time but it’s really exciting,” Inglis said.  “I feel like if I was given the opportunity I’d do a good job.” Inglis, who grew up in England and moved to Australia when he was 14, said there would be some “banter over the dinner table” with his parents should he be picked to play.But there were no divided loyalties anymore. “Growing up in England I supported England, but that’s all changed now,” he said. “Once you start building your way up in to professional cricket, it’s tough to be trying to play for one country and not supporting them. “So that changes pretty quickly.”