Australia’s obsession with all-rounders since 2012

#3 Moises Henriques

Moises Henriques would not be glad about his international performances so far

Moises Henriques made his mark in world cricket when he helped New South Wales Blues lift the inaugural Champions League T20. He was soon inducted to the Australian limited0over squads but failed to shine.

The Portugal-born all-rounder was included in the Test squad for the 2013 Border-Gavaskar trophy stating he had good experience of playing in India. Although Australia lost the first Test by 8 wickets, Henriques ended up with the scores of 68 and 81* and the wicket of Harbhajan Singh in the game.

However, the next two Tests were disastrous for him. Henriques could just belt in 7 runs in the next 4 innings, including a couple of ducks. He was eventually dropped from the squad.

Three years later, the 29-year-old was recalled to the national Test team because of his good stints with the defending IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad. His return was also a big failure, scoring just 8 runs in 2 innings. Henriques also has a miserable bowling average of 82 in tests.

Even after making his limited overs debut seven years ago, Henriques has played only eight ODIs and six T20Is for Australia and has some very unimpressive stats here as well

Henriques is an excellent all-rounder to have in a limited-overs team. His ODI stats could improve over time but his First-class stats suggest that Moises doesn’t have a strong enough temperament to be successful in the longer format of the game. Including him to the Test squad only shows how desperate the Aussie selectors are to include an all-rounder into the squad