bemused

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Picking Cameron White for the Indian tour as Bryce McGain's replacement still has me bemused, the decision to then select him ahead of Jason Kreija and ask him to play as a frontline spinner against some of the best batsmen the world has seen, is bewildering.

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  1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  2. deeply absorbed in thought

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  • At every departure he left bemused, and at every return he was fairly humming with ideas, with anticipation of their next voyage into the candle. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Chex, bemused, assisted the little girl in mounting. —  Vale of the Vole
  • Then he saw the two girls standing similarly bemused, and he knew that something even more precious had been salvaged. —  Ogre Ogre
  • Stare into there too long you'll become recursively bemused, then it's straight off to the funny farm. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 02 - February 1997
  • Crockett left Butler slightly bemused, and the crowd of onlookers thoroughly amused. —  Three Roads to Alamo
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