Mark Taylor says six Australia Test spots up for grabs

SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor says six spots are contestable in the national team ahead of the first Test against South Africa next month.

Taylor claimed only five members of the current Test side, which went down 3-0 in Sri Lanka in September, were assured of their places against the Proteas in Perth from November 3-7.

“The people who pick themselves at the moment are David Warner, Steve Smith, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and I think everyone else at this stage will be talked about,” he told Cricket Australia’s website late Thursday.