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David Warner has returned to form for Australia A in South Africa. Source:Getty Images
DARREN Lehmann claims David Warner has not secured his Test place despite scoring a blazing 193 for Australia A.
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And the new Australian coach suggested Phil Hughes and Ed Cowan may have done themselves as much harm as good by failing to turn half centuries into big hundreds.
Lehmann has again implored his players to press on and make big hundreds as Australia prepares for the third Test at Old Trafford, beginning on Thursday.
"He's not a certainly no," Lehmann said of Warner, who has rejoined the Ashes tour after returning from Africa.
"He got 193 and played well, did exactly what we wanted him to do. We want blokes to make hundreds and he's ticked that box.
"Again we'll have to look at the wicket and we come up with the top six."
For a team that's having dreadful batting woes, which were brutally exposed with a 347-run second Test defeat at Lord's, the players making the most runs could miss out in Manchester.
Hughes is the leading first class run scorer on tour with 436 at 62, having made 84 and 38 in the just completed three-day match against Sussex opening the batting and then playing at number three.
And Cowan made 66 and 77 not out opening the batting but had already been dropped for the second Test and appears unlikely to regain his place.
Hughes appears to be under the most pressure to stay in the side following Warner's return after making just 1 and 1 at Lord's but his 81 not out in the first Test at Trent Bridge was one of his best Test innings.
Steve Smith appears to have shored up his position with an unbeaten hundred against Sussex following four wickets with his occasional leg-spinners at Lord's.
Australian coach Darren Lehmann hopes Ashton Agar will take more wickets in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford. Source: Getty Images
Usman Khawaja scored just 40 and 1 in the tour match but he was the highest scorer in a dismal second Test batting performance, battling for three hours to make 54, and seems certain to get another chance at number three.
"I would have liked them both to make big hundreds," Lehmann said of Hughes and Cowan.
"When you get in that scenario you should be making big hundreds but they know that, we spoke about that. But they played well and got through some tough times.
Old Trafford is expected to help the spinners but Nathan Lyon and Ashton Agar claimed just one wicket each against Sussex.
"I don't mind spinners getting hit for boundaries off good balls," Lehmann said. "I thought Ash bowled okay but he could have bowled better, Nathan could have bowled better at stages as well.
"That's is the case on a good wicket that doesn't turn much, that that can happen to spinners.
"For a 19-year-old he (Agar) has been outstanding. He is a good young man. We'd love him to get more wickets. That might be next week.
"I was impressed with the way he bowled at Notts (in the first Test). I thought he bowled quite well.
"He had a problem with his hip in the second Test match and struggled through that. But he knows he didn't bowl well enough, not the standard we're after, so he needs to get it right pretty quickly."
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