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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sydney, Nov 20 (IANS) Selector Mark Waugh Thursday said Cricket Australia&#39;s (CA) &quot;marketing purposes&quot; hampered the Test selection process for the upcoming series against India, starting Dec 4.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Australia will name their squad for the first Test Monday, a day before a round of Sheffield Shield matches, that would have been extremely useful for selectors to gauge the form of several Test hopefuls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Waugh made the candid admission when asked why the squad for the first Test against India was being picked almost two weeks before the match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The current scenario forces the selectors to make their decision this weekend, also taking a potentially premature decision on captain Michael Clarke&rsquo;s fitness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sitting down Saturday to pick the first Test team. It doesn&rsquo;t actually allow us to look at the second (next) round of Shield matches,&rdquo; Waugh was quoted as saying by the Herald Sun.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Waugh was also asked why he couldn&rsquo;t plead with CA for more time before making a final call on the Test squad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;Ideally, you would like to see the second round of Sheffield Shield matches but that&rsquo;s not a decision the selectors have made,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;Cricket Australia have made that. It&rsquo;s for marketing purposes.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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