Mitchell Marsh decides to step back from bowling duties in order to accomodate the emergence of new all-rounders in the set-up.
Mitchell Marsh, the current Australia T20 skipper will not be bowling in the upcoming England series. It has been 5 months since he last bowled in competitive cricket, and it looks set to continue.
Australia has additionally seen a huge uptick in the number of all-rounders in the side. As of now, Jake Fraser-McGurk is the only one who neither bats or keeps.
With Marsh also eager to give the likes of Cam Green and Aaron Hardie more opportunities, his bowling won’t be required.
“I’m sort of just building,” Marsh said. “I don’t tend to bowl myself too much and we’re lucky that we’ve got plenty of bowling options.
“My bowling’s on line: whether or not I bowl, we’ll wait and see. We’ve got heaps of options and I’m always building something.”
Marsh is a key player for Australia in test cricket. As such, CA hope to keep him fit for the marquee India series in November. They have altogether rested Pat Cummins for the whole England series. But Marsh feels like that series is ‘a long time away’.
“A lot of our priorities will be geared around that,” Andrew McDonald, Australia’s coach, told.
“You’ll see that unfold with the management of our players. We’ll be very pointed around who does what and make sure that they are ready for that first Test match.”
This UK tour is Australia’s first men’s cricket since their Super Eight exit in June’s T20 World Cup and Marsh hopes for a good showing.
“It feels like a lifetime ago now, that T20 World Cup,” Marsh said.
“We went there with the hope of winning it and unfortunately, we didn’t play our best cricket at the time.
“There’s a lot of cricket to be played between now and the next World Cup and hopefully I’m there”.
All things considered, McDonald cites Australia’s fielding a key reason for elimination.
“The key area for us that was disappointing was our fielding. That makes it really difficult for the captain and the team to function.”