Australia batting all-rounder Mitchell Marsh ahead of the domestic premiere competition, JLT Sheffield Shield has hailed the efforts of Ravindra Jadeja whom he found tough to face in the subcontinent.
Promising Marsh, who has been marred by injury, remarked the prominent Jadeja becomes doubly dangerous when he is bowling in home conditions.
“[Ravindra] Jadeja in Indian conditions was seriously challenging,” Marsh told cricket.com.au.
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Marsh revealed the traditional assistance to the spinners had further made the wily customer Jadeja more threatening, as he kept on bowling quick while maintaining his line and the length which has been the slow bowler’s strength while donning the national jersey.
“The wickets up there, the turning wickets and he lands the ball in the same spot, and bowls fast, off-spin into the wicket,” Marsh asserted.
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Reminiscing about the challenges from Jadeja, Marsh subsequently vows to give his best in the domestic four-day competition to learn from the past mistakes and eventually lead his domestic team on the back of 50-over glory at home.
“That was probably the most challenging spells of bowling that I’ve ever faced,” Marsh maintained.
The figures are equally advocating Jadeja’s remarkable show with the red-ball in particular, as the Saurashtra-born 28-year-old bagged 155 wickets in 32 Tests at an impressive average of 23.60.
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Pertinently, the 26-year-old Perth-born Marsh featured in his previous Test in Bengaluru in March, this year.
The right-handed batsman Marsh went on to help the Western Australia to lift the JLT One-day Cup following the quality performance with the bat on October 21.
In the recently-concluded JLT 50-over competition, Marsh amassed 338 runs, as he remained unbeaten in four games out of total six he featured in for the Perth-based outfit. Aiming for another glory in the domestic set-up, Marsh is hopeful to be among runs, to lift the morale of the team in the red-ball competition which would further test Marsh for managing the workload.
“My goal is right now just to make sure Western Australia are winning games of cricket and obviously personally I want to be scoring as many runs as I can to help them win,” Marsh added.
Marsh smashed unbeaten 80 on the final day at Hobart against South Australia which further saw his elder brother Shaun Marsh scoring bulk of runs for his domestic side.
Adamant in approach, Marsh who underwent a shoulder surgery after missing out on the Test series decider in Dharamsala against India, is looking forward to giving himself a time to start bowling following the rehabilitation programme.
“I’m not bowling at the moment which is a bit frustrating but a shoulder reconstruction is one of those things you just can’t rush,” Marsh remarked.
Before returning home, Marsh collected 48 runs in his two Tests in India earlier this year which further forced him to work hard and improve his game – to impress the selectors in the near future.
Marsh has also lauded promising Kagiso Rabada and veteran Dale Steyn for being supremely talented, as the pacemen which according to him has brought stability in the South African fast bowling department.
Marsh, who made his international debut against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011, so far featured in 48 One-day Internationals, 21 Tests and nine Twenty20 internationals for Australia. He has bagged 74 wickets across formats after averaging 35.18 with a bat in the 50-over format.