Macquarie Sports Radio Breakfast With John Stanley & Beau Ryan

Former Australian test cricket captain Allan Border has supported the growing calls for Victorian youngster Will Pucovski to be selected for his test debut in the upcoming series against Pakistan. Border's comments come after Shane Warne said the time is now for the national selectors to pick the batsman, after a strong opening in the Sheffield Shield in which he scored a century and 64 runs in two of his past four innings. "I would definitely be going for the young kid Pucovski. I haven't seen a lot of him but he's got some good numbers to back up the fact that he is young and we probably should be looking at the future and maybe getting some of these young blokes in there," Border said. "Especially considering we are playing New Zealand and Pakistan in our own country, it's a good opportunity to try out some of these young fellas, so I'd definitely be looking at him for sure." After a disappointing Ashes series and far from convincing opening to his Sheffield Shield season, Border also backed the selection