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All-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who is currently in charge
of Australia’s all-round team, acknowledged he’s not sure where he would be
positioned for the Tests but promised to keep batting hard if chosen for
Australia’s first home Test against Pakistan in Perth.
Marsh, 32, made 441 runs with two hundreds, including
an undefeated 177, to help Australia win the World Cup. He did this after
regaining his Test place during the Ashes and scoring a quick century at
Headingley to take advantage of a West Australian player named Cameron Green’s
injury.
In the fifth Test, he was picked ahead of Green, who
went on to play just three games in the World Cup and appears to have given in
to an intense schedule that saw him travel for most of the year.
However, Green, 24, has made it clear that he wants to
regain his place in the Test team by participating in both the Prime Minister’s
XI four-day match against Pakistan in Canberra next week and Western
Australia’s Sheffield Shield match against Queensland this week at the Gabba.
“I’m past battling, I’m here to enjoy my cricket
and have fun,” Marsh told reporters in Perth. “I absolutely love
playing for Australia. I worked really hard to get another opportunity during
the Ashes and my attitude is ‘what will be, will be’, so I’ve done everything I
can.
“We have a lot of options. Whoever plays will do
the job.”
While they vie for the No. 6 spot, Marsh hoped he
could play alongside Green as they did in the fourth Ashes Test when Green
batted at No. 7 and Australia uncharacteristically went in without a specialist
spinner.
“He’s a special talent. We’ve got a great
relationship. We’re super close on and off the field,” Marsh said of
Green. “I always joke that there’s probably not a lot I can teach him on
the cricket field, but he knows I’m always there for him and hopefully we can
play a lot of cricket together.”