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David Warner received some good news from chief selector John Inverarity in Manchester. Source:AP
DAVID Warner will make his return to Test cricket in the third Test at Old Trafford, beginning on Thursday.
The dynamic left-hander's blazing 193 for Australia A last week has convinced selectors that he has the form to justify being chosen, probably ahead of an unlucky Phil Hughes if Steve Smith proves his fitness after suffering a stiff back.
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Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon also look set to play, with Starc replacing the injured James Pattinson and Lyon ahead of a struggling Ashton Agar.
Starc was unlucky to be dropped after claiming five wickets in the first Test at Trent Bridge and Lyon was overlooked for the dramatic debut of the 19-year-old Agar.
Warner brings an X-factor the Australians desperately need. Already 2-0 down in the series because of terrible batting, Warner is the closest person to a saviour the Australians have to call on.
He was pencilled in to bat at number six before the start of the series but his month-long suspension for punching England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar during the Champions Trophy left Warner with no lead-up form.
It would also have been a bad message for him to come straight back into the side.
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However Australia has batted so poorly in the first innings of the opening two Tests, collapsing to 9-117 at Trent Bridge before being rescued by a spectacular 98 from Agar and being bowled out for just 128 at Lord's, losing by 347 runs.
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Warner has a batting average of 39 in 19 Tests with three centuries.
Just as importantly he has a strike rate of 70 and can take a Test away from the opposition in a session when in full flight.
Warner has played all his previous Tests as an opening batsman but there are concerns about him playing the moving ball in England.
He batted at number four in the Australia A line-up.
The Ashes squad is stacked with top order players, which has forced Hughes, usually an opening batsman, to play everywhere from number one to six in the batting line-up during the five first-class matches he has played on tour.
He is Australia's leading first-class run scorer on this tour with 436 runs at 62.
Usman Khawaja is expected to keep his place after top-scoring for Australia at Lord's with a three-hour 54 in the second innings.
Likely team: Shane Watson, Chris Rogers, Usman Khawaja, Michael Clarke (c), Steve Smith/Phil Hughes, David Warner, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Ryan Harris, Nathan Lyon.
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