MacGill loses ban appeal, misses key Ashes lead-up by CricketArchive staff reporter

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Player:	SCG MacGill
Event:	England in Australia 2006/07

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DateLine: 24th October 2006

 

Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill will miss the chance to press for Ashes selection after his appeal against a two-week ban for disorderly and improper conduct was dismissed in Sydney late Monday.

 

As a result, MacGill will be unavailable for his state team New South Wales who play Queensland in a four-day game this week at Brisbane's Gabba - the venue for the opening Test of the Ashes series against England on November 23. This week's Gabba match was seen as a crucial audition for Ashes selection.

 

MacGill was suspended until November 2 for breaching the code of conduct after a verbal clash with an umpire at a Sydney club game a week ago.

 

It's unlikely that Australia will take two leg-spinners into the opening Ashes Test with Shane Warne locking up the spinner's role on a pitch, normally conducive to swing and seam bowling.