Phil Hughes was unlucky to miss out on the third Test, according to coach Darren Lehmann. Source: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images
PHIL Hughes was dropped for the third Test at Old Trafford because of a failure to convert good starts into big hundreds according to coach and selector Darren Lehmann.
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The left-hander was replaced by David Warner, who scored 193 for Australia A against South Africa A in Pretoria last week.
"Davey averages 40 in Test cricket so that got him across the line after he got a big hundred in South Africa," Lehmann said.
"He gives the X-factor. It's very unlucky for Phil Hughes, who has done well on the tour without getting the hundreds that would have cemented his spot. That's always a tough call as a selection panel."
Hughes, 24, is the leading first class run scorer on tour with five half centuries, his latest 84 in the recent tour match against Sussex at Hove.
It is the third time he has been dropped in a 26-Test career along with two other brief injury cameos.
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His initial dumping came during the third Test of the last Ashes tour four years ago.
Lehmann believes the wicket will take spin and confirmed the selectors considered playing two spinners before replacing Ashton Agar, 19, with Nathan Lyon.
"We looked at two spinners but conditions weren't really going to suit that and we thought Nathan was bowling a little bit better than Ashton," said Lehmann.
"He's a good young kid and we love him. He's had a busy seven weeks, he's played six first-class games, a couple of Test matches. He's a kid learning his trade and we're going to keep supporting him in that."
Lyon will be aided with the footmarks created by left arm paceman Mitchell Starc, who was chosen ahead of Jackson Bird to replace the injured James Pattinson.
Lehmann claimed it was a "close call" choosing Starc ahead of Bird.
""They're both exceptional young bowlers. What we needed is probably the variety with Nathan playing, we wanted some more footmarks for the right-hander.
"Okay, that helps (Graeme) Swann out a little bit but our right-handers play Swann quite well. It was more a case of giving Nathan as much help as we can as well."
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