Give new Test team time: Hohns

And in either a desperate bid to rejuvenate the squad or the fact that the local Sheffield State cricket here is in such poor form at the moment, the selectors have been forced to go with three uncapped batsmen this week along with the return of pacemen Chadd Sayers and Jackson Bird along with Matthew Wade behind the stumps.

Matthew Wade is colour blind but he can see the pink ball is here to stay, with the recalled wicketkeeper vowing to adapt without issue in the day-night Test. “We don’t expect an immediate turnaround, but we’ve got a bit of faith in these guys now”.

The 28-year-old was a contentious replacement for incumbent wicketkeeper Peter Nevill, as Australian selectors wielded the axe after successive Test thrashings to South Africa.

Maddinson’s inclusion was somewhat surprising ahead of his fellow New South Welshman Kurtis Patterson, but he has been highly regarded for some time – even playing for Australia A in England in 2013 on the day Darren Lehmann was appointed coach in place of Mickey Arthur.

“We certainly are looking at players’ characters and their toughness”, Hohns said.

“I enjoy that part of the game, I enjoy the scrap”, Wade said on Monday.

Hohns has the prospect of six changes, including four Test debutants, for the looming Adelaide Test against South Africa starting Thursday.

However, renowned Australian cricket critic Breet Geeves, who played two One-Day International and one T20I for the Australia in 2008-2009, blamed Greg Chappell and former Rugby player Pat Howard, who is the High-Performance Director of Australian cricket team.

Hohns was only given the interim role last week after Rod Marsh stood down from the position.

“We haven’t won very much”.

The Redbacks lead the Shield ladder with two wins from as many matches while fourth-placed Queensland have lost both their opening matches. “We’ve got to pick them up, get them positive”, he said.

Welcome to the new era of Australian cricket, when net-session introductions are more than a metaphor and you can make the transition from Test outcast to leader in a single squad announcement.

“I think it will stay the same but there could be an early introduction for the third seamer, whoever plays”, Hazlewood said.

“We have to prepare for potential new players coming in”.

He was the only South Australian called up for the third Test after Redbacks teammates Callum Ferguson, Travis Head and Jake Lehmann all failed to impress with their last chance with the bat in Brisbane.

Queensland’s Renshaw and NSW’s Maddison are classy left-handers while Handscomb was the main beneficiary of the selection wheel of fortune: on a weekend when they demanded runs, he scored a double-century. He was unable to answer in the affirmative to questions about whether he was getting the teams he desired, while at the same time all but begging the selectors to find him some sturdy foot soldiers to ensure next time around he won’t be the lone batsman able to stand fast amid a first innings collapse.