There's Definitely An Opportunity: Mitchell Marsh On His Test Comeback

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has become a regular in the white-ball formats ever since his successful stint in the T20 World Cup last year. Australia won their maiden T20 World Cup with Marsh delivering a Man of The Match performance in the final against New Zealand scoring 77 off 50 balls.

However, the possibility of Mitchell Marsh making a Test return has diminished. He was not included in the Australian Test squad that has been announced for the historic series against Pakistan. Cameron Green was selected as the specialist all-rounder ahead of Marsh. Thus Marsh is now targeting a comeback to the Australia Test team as a pure batsman.

Will Look To Score Runs Continuously Across Formats: Mitchell Marsh

“I still see there’s definitely an opportunity for me to have one more crack, probably more so as a batsman now. “For me to get back in the actual Test team, it’s really only through injury or COVID at the moment with the Pakistan tour.

“Moving forward, it’s just whatever opportunity I get in red-ball cricket, playing Shield cricket for WA (Western Australia), just making sure I continue to score runs, whatever format it is, be as consistent as I can,” said Marsh on SEN WA’s Gilly and Goss on Friday.

He further said that his teammates like Usman Khawaja and Moises Henriques are the ones from whom he can take inspiration and work hard towards making his Test return.

“Guys like Usman Khawaja, even Moises Henriques, they’re 34, 35-years-old but they’re still pushing for selection.

“That’s great motivation for guys like me, I’m only 30 years of age and there’s been a lot of guys who have only just started playing for Australian then and gone on to have great careers. I’m certainly hopeful that I’ll get one more opportunity at Test level,” said Marsh.

Marsh was roped in by Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2022 mega auction for 6.50 crores. His fellow Australian teammate David Warner was bought by the franchise for 6.25 crores.

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