Regaining the confidence of the selectors is not going to be easy, admits John Hastings ? Cricket News Update
John Hastings, the Australian fast bowler, is fit once again and has started playing Sheffield Shield cricket in the country but the New South Welshmen understands that making his way into the national team is not going to be a walk in the park for him.
Having done brilliantly in junior cricket and at the first-class level, the right-arm fast bowler made his way to the Australian limited-over squad in 2010. The lanky fast bowler was also a part of the Baggy Greens in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, where the Kangaroos failed to defend their world-title for the third consecutive time.
After the tour of Sri Lanka in the same year, Hastings injured his shoulder and remained out of competitive cricket for almost a year. Since then, a number of budding fast bowlers have emerged through the ranks of domestic cricket in the country, with the likes of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and James Pattinson already making a mark at the global level.
The 26-year-old cricketer, who is currently representing Victoria in Sheffield Shield cricket, believes that he could have cemented his place in the national team had he stayed fit.
"The timing of it wasn't great," Hastings said. "I pulled out of the South African series in 2011. It seems a long time ago now. It wasn't a great time for me. I probably would have been on that tour and if I'd done well there, who knows, Tests might have been around the corner as well. ?
Hastings has so far played 21 first-class matches, picking up 76 scalps at a reasonable average of 22.84 runs per wicket. He is quite handy with the bat as well, already having a couple of four-day half-centuries under his belt.
The strongly-built cricketer understands that making a comeback in international cricket is not going to be easy for him but the fast bowler is not prepared to give it up.
?But to have such a long time out of the game it's going to take me a long time to gain the selectors' trust again and get back in that side,? he added.
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