Thank you Leanne and Leigh for some sanity. Dozer, do you have something constructive to bring to this conversation or are you just wanting to start a hate thread?
I'm not going to get drawn into a debate about it, but I will shore up some facts.
Clearly you're referring to Kyle Webber.
Yes, he applied for an exemption to trials for his national team duty.
His exemption was accepted, and he was included in the selection discussions.
All bowlers were made aware of this prior to trials too, I announced it myself at the briefing.
There's more to it than any one event, there's more to it than raw ability. We discussed it at length and made a hard decision. Simple, and final.
I also hope he gets picked up in the draft and excels at the event, then comes back and proves his point next year.