Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey says he would “love to captain the country” if the chance arose, revealing he’s determined to win the upcoming ODI World Cup.
Carey grew to become public enemy No. 1 in England for his controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow within the Ashes, which continues to infuriate the Poms.
The 32-year-old has discovered his ft in Australia’s Test and One Day sides and is now a fixture behind the stumps, scoring his maiden Test century final summer season and bettering his glovework.
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Carey first endeared himself to the Australian public 4 years in the past on the 2019 ODI World Cup, when the mummified keeper pushed by way of a bloody blow to offer Australia a sniff within the semi-final in opposition to England.
Now entrenched within the workforce, Carey is certainly one of only a handful of gamers in Australia’s squad who haven’t performed in both the 2015 ODI World Cup or 2021 T20 World Cup triumphs.
Of Australia’s doubtless greatest XI, Carey, Cameron Green and Travis Head are the one ones but to raise a World Cup trophy.
“I’m really hungry to win a World Cup,” Carey informed news.com.au.
“I feel like four years ago we were close to that ultimate success. To win a World Test Championship this year, we retained the Ashes and personally, I’m really, really keen to try and win a One Day World Cup.
“You hear so many great memories and stories from players in our team that have won one, and I’d love to be apart of that.
“We performed pretty well last time in England, getting through to the semis and lost to the eventual winners in England.
“I feel like this group has got a lot more experience since then. There’s been some big changes in captain in Aaron Finch (retiring) but I feel like we’ve got that core of players still together. Playing in India is exciting enough but throw in a World Cup, it’s going to be amazing.”
Carey believes the Australians have the expertise and confidence wanted to win the ODI World Cup in India, which will get underway on October 5.
“This group’s really hungry for success in all formats,” he stated.
“I feel like we’ve performed really strongly in all formats over the last few years. There’s a World Test Championship in there, a World Cup eight years ago, there’s a T20 World Cup. We’re keen to win another one as Australians.
“There’s a lot to play for. There’s some new faces in this group that hasn’t won a One Day World Cup. We’re itching to do so.
“I also feel like we travel pretty well to India. Our success over there has been pretty good. I’ve played in two series and been able to win two of them against India.
“We have a lot of experience in the Indian conditions with IPL players amongst our group.”
Mitch Marsh has taken over the T20 captaincy from Aaron Finch, whereas Pat Cummins has hinted he received’t keep captain of the ODI and Test sides for the remainder of his profession.
Tim Paine confirmed a wicketkeeper can competently captain Australia and Carey’s temperament would arguably be properly suited to being Australia’s subsequent skipper.
“We’ve got so many leaders around this group, whoever gets that honour of captaining the country, they’ll have a lot of amazing voices and support around them,” he stated.
“Is it something that I’d want to do? Yeah, I’d love to captain the country, for sure. I feel like I’ve continued to improve my leadership skills over a number of years now.
“But is it something I’m asking to do? Nah, it’s not. It’s probably one of those roles — the captain doesn’t need to speak too loudly to put his hand up, it normally finds its way to them.
“Patty has done a fantastic job in making it pretty seamless over all three formats in the change of leadership over the last few years.”
Carey, a Daffodil Ambassador, has wanted a degree head on his shoulders as he involves phrases together with his father Gordon’s battle in opposition to leukaemia, which prevented his dad from attending his Test debut.
Gordon’s outlook has improved because of new therapy Carey is extraordinarily grateful for, and he needs to construct hope for most cancers victims and assist elevate essential funds for the kind of analysis that helped save his dad’s life.
“I think it’s fair to say if they hadn’t have found it, things could have been different for dad,” Carey stated of a brand new drug that has efficiently focused Gordon’s leukaemia.
“Any cancer is obviously a horrible thing for patients and families to have to go through.
“Our experience was made a bit easier with certain treatments dad was able to access.
“That’s come through the funding of certain charities and Daffodil Day is a huge one that is able to tackle and raise funds to find cures and all sorts of medication that can improve quality of life for patients and families that are impacted.
“My message is don’t wait until it’s someone too close to understand what’s behind these charities.
“Get on the front foot and donate whatever you can to and raise awareness for organisations like Daffodil Day and Cancer Council to raise funds, find cures and hopefully improve qualify of life for patients and families.”
To discover out extra about Daffodil Day, discover a Daffodil stall close to you or donate, please go to daffodilday.com.au or you may donate to Alex Carey’s personal fundraiser at bit.ly/alex-carey
Source: www.news.com.au
