text: Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ben McDermott has abandoned his quest to reinvent himself as a middle-order batsman and is eager to return to opening the batting in the upcoming Big Bash League.
  McDermott made the 26-man Australia training group for the tour of England but was one of five men cut when the final 21 were announced.
  The 25-year-old is now back in Tasmania preparing for the domestic season and hopes that a move back up the order for the Hobart Hurricanes will keep him in the mind’s of the Australia selectors.
  “I tried really hard to become that middle-order player (for Australia) and forced myself to bat in the middle order for the Hurricanes last season, but it just didn’t go my way,” McDermott told cricket.com.au.
  “So basically, I’m going to get myself back up the order and give myself the best opportunity to score more runs by facing more balls.”