{"id":30313,"date":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/merv-hughes-says-selectors-at-wits-end-with-this-aussie-batsman\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:00:00","slug":"merv-hughes-says-selectors-at-wits-end-with-this-aussie-batsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/merv-hughes-says-selectors-at-wits-end-with-this-aussie-batsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Merv: Selectors at wits\u2019 end with this Aussie batsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Australian test selectors will be tearing their hair out over Adam Voges, says Merv Hughes.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI reckon Voges is the bloke under the pump at the moment,\u201d Merv tells the FIVEAA sports show. \u201cIt depends how he recovers from this blow to the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voges was hit in the head by a bouncer while batting in WA\u2019s Sheffield Shield&nbsp;clash with Tasmania on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a few credits in the bank because of the hundreds that he made, but going through Sri Lanka and now the first two tests here &#8212; I reckon the selectors may just be on their wits\u2019 end with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/293433867&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Merv said he was confident captain Steve Smith was getting the team he wanted\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be surprised if he wasn\u2019t,\u201d Merv said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDarren Lehmann and Steve Smith have a fair say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not too many times the captain doesn\u2019t get what he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/wild-dockers-need-fyfe-at-the-helm\"><strong>RUMOUR &#8212; BIG CHANGE ON THE CARDS AFTER HORROR WEEK FOR FREO DOCKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/number-1-meningococcal-sign-to-look-for-in-a-toddler\"><strong>#1 MENINGOCOCCAL SIGN TO LOOK FOR IN A TODDLER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian test selectors will be tearing their hair out over Adam Voges, says Merv Hughes. \u201cI reckon Voges is the bloke under the pump at the moment,\u201d Merv tells the FIVEAA sports show. \u201cIt depends how he recovers from this blow to the head.\u201d Voges was hit in the head by a bouncer while batting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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