Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh revealed that the experienced batter David Warner will continue to open the batting alongside Travis Head in the series against Australia calling him as one of the greatest of all time in the white-ball format of the game.
Mitchell Marsh wowed everyone with his batting in the Ashes series before captaining the team in the T20 series against South Africa on the road. He has demonstrated the ability to take on the bowlers from the word go across formats which prompted the talks around him opening the batting for Australia in the ODI series against South Africa.
Speaking to the AAP ahead of the game against South Africa, Mitchell Marsh confirmed that he will bat in the middle order for the team going forward calling David Warner a GOAT in ODI Cricket, who will bat at the top of the order with Travis Head in the ODI series against Proteas.
“I expect to bat middle order, Things may change, but Davey is literally one of the GOATs (greatest of all time) of one-day cricket and white-ball cricket in general.
“We have Travis Head and Australia’s best-ever all-three-format player there, so I dare say I probably won’t be opening the batting,” Mitchell Marsh said.
The 31-year-old won Player of the Series honours earlier this year in the ODI series against India for his 194 runs in three games and remarkable 132 strike rate opening the batting, both of which helped Australia win the ODI series against the Men in Blue in India and continued his fine form for the Aussies in the Ashes and the T20 series against South Africa.
My Approach Now From Test Cricket To T20 Cricket Won’t Be Too Dissimilar – Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell Marsh opened up about his strategy for switching from the longer to the shorter game formats, where he tries to play in accordance with the circumstances to put the pressure back on the bowlers, and he disclosed that he won’t modify his strategy for any game format.
“My approach now from Test cricket to T20 cricket won’t be too dissimilar, often it’s the situation of the game in Test cricket. There were times in Manchester when I couldn’t go out there and try and hit blokes for six and put pressure back on them. I just had to soak up deliveries”.
“That is the intricacies of Test cricket. But generally, my approach won’t change too much now,” Mitchell Marsh concluded.
The all-rounder, who was to captain the side in T20Is, will take over as captain in the ODI series in the absence of their regular skipper Pat Cummins. Through this series, the Australian squad hopes to check off a few items before the ODI World Cup in India.