Quick hits from day two
An AFL star made a cameo as Renshaw and Lyon went better than Bradman in the midst of an historic recovery effort on day two.
Check it out in our quick hits.
Renshaw shows the road ahead
There are still plenty of questions facing the Australian men’s Test XI …
Can anyone in the team open the batting? Where does Cameron Green fit back in? Is Marnus Labuschagne back in some sort of form?
But in Matt Renshaw’s innings on days one and two, the man who worked his way back into the team with limited-overs form showed Australia’s batters how to play proper Test match cricket.
What ifs …
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Matt Renshaw looks a very assured cricketer these days.
Would that have still been the case if the selectors had stuck with him when he was just 20 years old? Or would his confidence have been sapped if he struggled in the big leagues?
We can’t know, but if all roads led to that 190 on day two, the road can’t have been that wrong.
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