‘Mitchell Marsh will be fit to bowl in the T20 World Cup’: Australia head coach gives big update. cricket news

Australia cricket team head coach Andrew McDonald revealed that T20 World Cup captain Mitchell Marsh is not fit to bowl until the final week before the team leaves for the Caribbean, but will be fully fit for the opening games of the tournament. . Marsh has been out of action since the April 3 IPL 2024 match for Delhi Capitals due to a right hamstring strain. He returned home to Perth from India to begin his recovery. Over the next two weeks, Marsh will spend the first of two three-day pre-tournament training camps in Brisbane with members of the Australian squad who are not playing in the IPL, before the team heads to the Caribbean for the mega event on May 25. Go. ,

However, in the last two days, Marsh’s hamstring had recovered to a great extent, which gave him a chance to bat in the nets. However, McDonald feels he is still a few weeks away from returning to the bowling crease as Marsh’s recovery has been “a bit slower than expected”.

“He is progressing well. Maybe a little slower than expected. But we have plenty of time now because he is out of the IPL. (Our) first game is less than a month away now. So enough time for him Get ready,” cricket.com.au website quoted McDonald as saying.

“In the next few weeks you probably won’t see him bowling here. It’ll probably be a week before we leave. And then when we’re there he’ll be able to sharpen it up. We’ll be able to pick those moments during the tournament. To be able to where he is will be useful with the ball, (and) we’ve got some all-round depth in the team, which gives us good coverage anyway,” he said.

McDonald said there were no concerns about Marsh’s lack of match practice over the past two months, as Australia would have some practice games ahead of the opening clash with Oman.

“There are no real concerns about match fitness. When we get to Trinidad in the support period we will have some practice games, so he will have plenty of match opportunities, and if not we will be able to emulate him through practice. Will be able to.” “Leading up to the first game against Oman, we are confident that he will perform well,” McDonald said.

The head coach also said Australia would potentially consider a traveling reserve with seven players.

“Should anything change or move, or new information comes to us and then we have to take some decisions from there. But we will have 20-22 players and those who have been selected should anything go wrong with them In 15,” he said

Australia will begin its T20 World Cup campaign against Oman in Barbados on June 5.

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