The captain of Australia has n't had the ball since the IPL, but he might if circumstances call for it in the Super Eight.
In anticipation of Australia's match against Bangladesh in Antigua, Mitchell Marsh has declared himself ready to plate in the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup 2024, and Glenn Maxwell thinks the captain is on the verge of making a significant impact with the pitcher.
Since leaving the IPL with a hamstring injuries, Marsh has n't bowled and a cautious approach has been taken to his recovery, which required a little longer than expected.
" I'll be accessible to bowl", he said. I do n't really believe I need to bowl because of the line-up we have, but I do believe it's really important to have options in this format, and we have plenty of those options.
Australia have not been found small according to Marsh being held back from ball jobs with Marcus Stoinis playing an important part, while against Scotland they used 12 innings of rewrite with an eye on potential problems in the Super Eight.
If Australia used Ashton Agar as a second frontline spinner once more and decided they needed some extra seam space, Marsh's playing with the ball would become more likely.
" Physically feel good", Marsh said. " It's always nice to have a bit of break from bowling and I often joke about that. But Stoin and I often talk about it as allrounders, we love being in the game".
Marsh would n't say whether Australia will use the same balance of attack against Scotland or return to three specialist quicks against Bangladesh. Australia are on the lookout for sharply spinning conditions in St Vincent where they face Afghanistan, despite the fact that Adam Zampa and Adil Rashid have already taken four wickets in the Oman and Namibia match.
After being rested against Scotland, should Australia reinstate both Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood in their starting lineup, Maxwell will likely play as the second spinner.
With 63 runs between them in seven innings, Australia's batting order, which includes Marsh and Maxwell, was confident that both he and the captain were on the verge of making a significant impact.
" For me and Mitch, we got a lot of confidence out of that England game for the role we played", Maxwell told ESPN's Around The Wicket. " Even though it's a small sample size we still feel like we played out role, we set the innings up for the lower order to then go nuts. The opening batters going out and scoring at 12, 13 an over can be bit misleading to how conditions are and if we try to go at that rate for the rest of the innings thinking that's what it's like we could throw our wickets away.
" Mitch has been unbelievable over the last couple of years, since he's come back into all three formats, especially the Test stuff, ]and ] I think that's probably filtered into the confidence in the other two formats. Watching him go about his work, you always know he's only one or two shots away from basically ruining a game and we are looking forward to seeing that."
On his own form, which stems back to a poor IPL, Maxwell said:" Still feeling really good. I've been hitting the ball pretty well, but... it's just been really hard to, I suppose, get that rhythm and momentum. You've seen our openers go out there and pump it all over the place then in the middle order it's been quite difficult to adjust.
" The only one throughout the tournament who has consistently smashing them is Stoin- he's been outstanding. To have those guys below me gives me a lot of confidence and actually knowing I have a bit of time to get myself into the tournament and we've got some real quality below us. It's a nice position to be in that I do n't feel like I've fully hit my straps, played pretty well against England…but I know it's not far away".
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