Australian batsman Matthew Wade said he found out he was going to open the batting for Australia the day before the Test against India begun.
Speaking on SEN's cricket coverage, Wade said that while the idea of him opening the batting had been floating around, he didn’t officially find out until 24-hours before he game.
“It wasn’t until probably 24 hours out from the actual game that I was told,” Wade said.
“It had been floated a bit before the T20 game when (Will) Pucovski got hit in the head and we weren’t sure if he was going to be available, so I kind of had my head around it for the last week or so.
“We didn’t really want to shuffle the order around too much with Greeny (debutant Cam Green) playing his first game. Somebody had to go up and I thought I was probably the best of the options we had.
Wade said the centre wicket sessions gave him a bit of a clue that a spot in the opening pair might be in store.
“When you see your name on the board to bat against our guys under lights out here I knew there was certainly an option of that happening,” Wade said.
“To have those three centre wicket night sessions was really good for me. It certainly filled me with confidence.
“Obviously it’s been spoken about the fact I haven’t opened before, but I jumped at the opportunity to open with Dave (Warner) out.
Wade admitted batting in the opening pairing might be a blessing in disguise.
“One thing I’m looking forward to is not having to wait. That’s generally the worst part about batting,” Wade admitted.
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