Overview

• Mark Taylor urged Cricket Australia to recall teenage opener Sam Konstas for the three-Test West Indies tour starting June 25.
• He pointed to Konstas’s 60 on Test debut and noted Australia’s ongoing gap since David Warner’s retirement.
• Australia’s top order, including Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne, managed only single-digit and low double-digit scores in the World Test Championship Final.
• Steve Smith’s fitness will influence squad selection, with Labuschagne likely to miss out if Smith is declared fit.
• Taylor warned that unresolved top-order issues must be addressed before the Ashes against England’s quick bowling attack.