That is a concern of Australian cricket, he said on Tuesday as he announced Cricket Australia's contract list for 2013-14.However Inverarity maintained that these players were still in contention for the July tour to England.We do not have the batting depth now that we enjoyed seven or eight or 15 years ago. We just don't. That is something that cricket in Australia needs to address. We need more batsmen making runs more prolifically.The Ashes squad, we are very well advanced in our considerations there. We took our best players to India and the Ashes squad is likely to be similar, but there may be a few changes.We are looking for prolific run-scorers in all forms of cricket. There has been an absence of those in domestic cricket and that needs to be a focus of coaching and development in Australia.You never say never about anybody but it is an indication that we are looking to groom young players," he said. "We are very much in a transition stage in Australian cricket. We are looking to some young players to come through.Our pace bowling is good, but the stability of the batting ... we need greater certainty in the top six," said Inverarity.Questions have already been raised regarding Australia's top order after the 4-0 drubbing against India. Chairman of selectors John Inverarity admits that post the retirements of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey the batting crisis needs to be looked at properly.Tasmanian all-rounder James Faulkner was awarded a contract which suggests that the 22-year-old could be in the line for an Ashes call-up. From the India tour, Moises Henriques and Usman Khawaja missed out as did Steve Smith and Jackson Bird.
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