Joe Burns is "horribly out of form" and can't be picked in the first Test against India, Australian legends Allan Border and Shane Warne have declared.
And his potential omission could open the door for young all-rounder Cameron Green's hotly-anticipated debut. Burns, an incumbent Test opener, was pencilled in to join David Warner atop the Australian order at Adelaide Oval. Injury carnage has hit the Aussie squad, with Warner and Will Pucovski ruled out and Marcus Harris called up.
Harris now looks set to play ahead of Burns, who has barely made a run this summer. The Queenslander made a duck and one forHe was LBW to Mohammed Shami in his final audition, taking 21 balls for his lone run."It is such a tough one because you're just doing a disservice to Burnsy," Border said on Fox Cricket."I love Burnsy to death, but you have just got to be real and you can't pick him. He just looks so vulnerable at the top of the order.