The discussion for Australia\u2019s next Test opener has been intense ever since David Warner played his last red-ball game against Pakistan at Sydney. Apart from Green, Steven Smith, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft and Matt Renshaw are the current potential candidates to take Warner\u2019s role.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Harris, Bancroft and Renshaw are specialist openers, while Green and Smith are middle-order batters. \u201cI hope they don\u2019t open with him (Green). He hasn\u2019t opened before. The only reason he is in the discussion about it is that the Australian team and selectors obviously want to get him into the team.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But sometimes you have to wait. He missed out with a slight hamstring issue in England and that opened the door for Mitch Marsh, who has done a great job ever since. I believe you have to have a specialist opener. We tried this with Matthew Wade.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"We tried this with Aaron Finch, who selflessly did it for the team. And I am sure Cameron Green or Steve Smith might do that. But I believe with India coming over next year and then the Ashes in Australia, the sooner they get into a specialist opener, the better, because it is a very specialised position,\" said Langer to Perth radio station 6PR on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Langer also feels the selectors are facing a tricky decision over choosing Warner\u2019s successor given the specialist openers in Bancroft, Harris and Renshaw have claims for selection into the Test team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe hardest part about being the coach of Australia was being a selector because, one, you can\u2019t fit 12 or 13 or 14 into 11. It is impossible. And two, if I pick Cameron Bancroft, the Vics are going to say \u2018That\u2019s rubbish. You should have picked Harris\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAnd if they pick Bancroft or Harris, the Queenslanders will say, \u2018That is rubbish. You should have picked Renshaw.\u2019 Thankfully I don\u2019t have to worry about it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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