Lawson not so quick to toss teen a baggy green

A CONTENDER as the next chairman of selectors, Geoff Lawson, says the outgoing selection panel should not hand Pat Cummins a baggy green cap in South Africa as he is not ready to play Test cricket.

Lawson, who is in the running to succeed Andrew Hilditch, said Cummins, 18, had ''bucketloads of potential'' but needed to be given time to develop his game and body in the first-class arena.

''We know he can bowl fast and do lots of things but his body's got to get used to not just long days, but long games and long seasons,'' Lawson said.   More