Sydney, Nov 28 (ANI): Former Australian bowling coach Troy Cooley has said that Test cricket might be coming too soon for young pacers Ben Cutting, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson, but has backed them to repeat Pat Cummins' heroics on debut.
Five players withdrawing from injury ensured four debutants were named in the first Test squad for the Gabba clash with New Zealand starting on Thursday.
Cooley, who is head coach at the Centre of Excellence, still believed the young trio would silence the doubters.
"It might be a little bit early for them but they definitely got some great signs," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Cooley, as saying.
"You've got to start somewhere and these boys have been working really hard. We said that (reservations) about young Patrick Cummins and look what happened there," he said.
Cooley backed Cutting to make his debut at his home Gabba deck but said the jury was out on who would be named 12th man. (ANI)
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