5 batsmen who were unlucky to miss out on the Australian Test squad

Matt Renshaw

Renshaw running the drinks in Dubai

Renshaw was unfortunate to miss out on the recent tour of the UAE, carrying the drinks after suffering a head knock in the tour game.

The young Queenslander averages 33.47 from his 11 Tests to date, with the 22-year-old having already compiled over 3000 first-class runs with 10 hundreds. Renshaw was also the highest run-scorer in last summer's Sheffield Shield, with 804 runs, at an average of 44.66.

Counting against Renshaw, however, was his underwhelming start to the Sheffield Shield season, scoring just 140 runs at 23.33, with a highest score of 89.

However, given misfortune rather than form saw him miss Australia's most recent Test assignment, the left-hander must have been in selection calculations.

In a time where Australian cricket is rebuilding, many have advocated including youth, with Renshaw considered amongst the best young batting talent in the Australian first-class system.