Overlooked paceman Nathan Ellis deserved to travel with Australia's T20 squad to New Zealand, says Hurricanes coach Adam Griffith.
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The hard-working death bowler finished BBL10 with 20 wickets from 14 games - the most scalps of any Hurricane and the fifth-most in the tournament - but was not named alongside fellow Canes Ben McDermott, D'Arcy Short, Matthew Wade and Riley Meredith in the 18-man squad.
Griffith said the 26-year-old's time would come.
"I was disappointed for Nathan," Griffith said.
"I thought he earnt the right to get on that tour but I've got no doubt as he continues to get better and better ... hopefully he gets that chance soon.
'Keeping mind he's only played for two years now - he's like a 19-year-old or 20-year-old in terms of how much cricket he's played."
Australia will play five T20 internationals in New Zealand between February 22 and March 7.
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- Aaron Finch (c) (Victoria), Matthew Wade (vc) (Tasmania), Ashton Agar (Western Australia), Jason Behrendorff (Western Australia), Mitchell Marsh (Western Australia), Glenn Maxwell (Victoria), Ben McDermott (Tasmania), Riley Meredith (Tasmania), Josh Philippe (Western Australia), Jhye Richardson (Western Australia), Kane Richardson (South Australia), Daniel Sams (New South Wales), Tanveer Sangha (New South Wales), D'Arcy Short (Western Australia), Marcus Stoinis (Western Australia), Ashton Turner (Western Australia), Andrew Tye (Western Australia), Adam Zampa (New South Wales)
Hamish Geale
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
