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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh shared a hilarious reaction on his potential return to Test cricket with the upcoming Ashes series against England. The 34-year-old 's stunning performance in red-ball cricket has led to him being considered for the highly-important red-ball assignment even though his last appearance in the format came in December, 2024.
Notably, Marsh is the captain of Australia's T20I team and is the stand-in skipper for Pat Cummins in the ODI format as well. The all-rounder has been in fine form with the bat, scoring 555 runs in his last 10 innings in white-ball cricket.
Marsh, who will be seen leading Australia in the upcoming five-match T20I series against India, reamrkked that he hasn't thought much about his Test return and is fully focused on white-ball assignments.
“I was hoping for a month off after this to be honest. I haven’t given it much thought, to be honest. It’s been a busy schedule with our white-ball tour. I’m just focused on this series for now. I do love playing for Western Australia, so we’ll just see where it lands at the end of this series," Marsh said in the pre-match press-conference.
McDonald's remarks on Marsh
Earlier, Australia Test head Andrew McDonald had said that the door for Marsh's return to Test cricket isn't closed and hinted on his return to The Ashes.
"We still haven't given up on Mitch Marsh's Test career. So what would the prep look like for him? It would have to be through white ball or maybe some Shield cricket after white ball if he isn't in that first squad and then [he] he can press his claim through that," McDonald told reporters in Canberra.
"There's Shield [rounds] five and six also when we're playing the Test matches, where players that aren't in the first Test will obviously go to work then,' he added.
Marsh's numbers in Test cricket
Meanwhile, Marsh does have quite a bit of experience when it comes to Test cricket. He has so far played 46 matches in the format, scoring 2083 runs and picking up 51 wickets. Though the 34-year-old was a regular in the Baggy Greens' Test set-up at one stage, his rise in limited-over formats has seen him shift focus to white-ball cricket.
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