Australian coach Andrew McDonald has conceded there’s concern over Glenn Maxwell’s newest harm with three Australian T20 debutantes in South Africa doubtlessly auditioning for spots within the World Cup squad.
New Aussie captain Mitch Marsh mentioned it was “exciting” to see left-arm fast Spencer Johnson, all-rounder Aaron Hardie and batter Matt Short to get their first style of worldwide cricket within the absence of a raft of incumbents.
That contains Maxwell who was compelled to go away the tour with an ankle harm as he continues to take care of the lingering results of the horror damaged leg he suffered final November.
McDonald mentioned he remained hopeful Maxwell, in addition to Pat Cummins (wrist), Steve Smith (wrist) and Mitch Starc (groin) can be accessible for the ODI World Cup in India in November however conceded the harm state of affairs made the squad “far from settled”.
“The information on all of them is they will be right for the World Cup which is positive but you never know obviously when you’re coming off injury. If there was a reccurrence then that could shift our thinking a little bit,” he mentioned.
“Is this an audition potentially for spaces that may open up, in South Africa? There‘s no doubt about that. We feel as though we’ve got some exciting talent coming through. You look at Aaron Hardie in that all-rounder space, getting his opportunity.
“Spencer Johnson as well, a left-arm fast bowler. We’ve got some new players coming through and we feel as though it’s the right time for that as well to blend that youth with experience.”
McDonald mentioned Maxwell’s challenge was “concerning” for the all-rounder.
“And the reason why it’s concerning is it’s happened a couple of times,” he instructed SEN.
“If you remember back to the three-match series against India he played in the first one and pulled up a bit lame from that and then coming into camp for this one has had another small setback.
“There’s no doubt on the back of what was a horrendous injury that he suffered there’s always going to be a balance between the load that he can take on and unfortunately, he’s had a small setback here but we’re confident that he’ll be right for the World Cup.”
Marsh will lead the brand new look group within the three-match T20 sequence which begins on Thursday morning and mentioned it was a possibility for brand new gamers to get the sensation of “winning games for Australia”.
“They have all earned their opportunities and we are all really excited,” he mentioned.
“We have no expectations. I’ve got a lot of confidence they are all going to be able to perform at international level.
“Whether or not that makes us underdogs, I don’t know.”
Source: www.news.com.au
