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Former Australia cricketer Simon Katich, while speaking on SEN Breakfast, shared insights on the ongoing five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. After calling the ongoing media controversies surrounding Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the Boxing Day Test as “mind games”, Katich went on to question the inclusion of Aussie all-rounder Mitchell Marsh in the playing XI.
The former Aussie cricketer directly went upto question Mitchell marsh’s place in the playing XI for the fourth Test, set to be played from december 26 onwards at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. The statement for Katich comes after Marsh hasn’t had a memorable outing so far in the series, having scored 69 runs along with picking three wickets in three Tests.
Beau Webster deserves to be in that squad: Simon Katich
Speaking on ‘SEN Breakfast’, Katich said, "I've been saying for a couple Tests, Mitch Marsh has not been able to bowl the volume of overs that everyone expected of him. Given the conditions and given he is a wicket taker. We saw that in Perth, he bowled well on day one. Took some key wickets and then struggled to back up.” The 49-year-old further went onto opine that Beau Webster deserves a place in the side.
"I mean obviously the Aussie hierarchy know better then we do around where his fitness is at. But for him to bowl two overs the other day after Josh Hazlewood went down, that to me indicates something's not 100% right with him. At the end of the day, Beau Webster deserves to be in that squad. He’s done very well for Tassie in the last few years, he’s a genuine all-rounder given what his role is for Tassie and he plays that dual role with bat and ball,” Katich added.
Australia’s squad for final two Tests of BGT 2024-25
Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head (vc), Steve Smith (vc), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster
