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Mitchell Marsh’ s T20 World Cup heroics to hold zero weight ahead of Ashes selection: Chief Selector

Australia chief selector George Bailey has stated that Mitchell Marsh’s World Cup heroics or for that matter his tremendous form in the shortest format of the game, will hold no importance as far as the Ashes selection is concerned.


Bailey, once a T20I captain for Australia himself has stressed that the two formats are as different as they could be and they are ‘they're different sports in many respects.’

"They're (T20s and Tests) about as far removed, we joke internally that they're different sports in many respects," Bailey told SEN's Dwayne's World on Monday.

He argued that winning the T20 World Cup does not give Australia any sort of advantage in the upcoming Ashes and there is enough time to deliberate on the same.

"I think it's really important that we celebrate the tournament and the role he's played in that team, and celebrate the fact that he's an Australian hero for a day and he's very much a catalyst behind us holding the trophy above our heads.” Bailey praised Marsh for him tremendous knock in the T20 WC final.

Despite shunning him for the Ashes spot, Bailey levelled the playing field saying that Marsh can make a comeback into the Test and he hopes that Marsh will enjoy the best form of his life in the coming years.

"What I can say about Mitch is that we have full confidence that the next two, three and hopefully four years are going to be the best cricketing years of his career, so hopefully we get to see him playing all three formats for Australia."

Mitchell Marsh's last big score came in the Test format back in early 2018 when he scored 101 and 96 in back to back matches across two different series against England and Australia. He has not been in the Test XI since September 2019.

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I had told Langer he will be Man of the Tournament: Finch joyous after his prediction on Warner comes true

Australian skipper Aaron Finch was over the moon when David Warner was adjudged Player of the Tournament for ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Finch in a post-World Cup media interaction said that he had assured coach Justin Langer that Warner was going to be the game-changer in this tournament for the Aussie unit. "Without a word of a lie, I promise you, I called Justin Langer a few months ago and said, “'Don't worry about Davey, he'll be Man of the Tournament’,” said Finch in the post-match press conference. However, the right-hander believed that post-tournament, it should have been Adam Zampa who should have got the prized trophy. "I thought Adam Zampa should have been Man of the Tournament personally, but he's [Warner] a great player. He's one of the all-time great batters. And he's a fighter,” Finch said. “He's someone who when his back is against the wall, that's when you get the very, very best of David Warner. It was a special finish to the tournament for him, the last couple of knocks,” the 35-year-old added. Talking about the match, where Australia chased down a historic 173, the highest in a T20 WC final, Finch said that Mitchell Marsh’s knock of 77 was the turning point in the game. "I think the turning point was when I got out, for Mitch Marsh to be able to come in and play the way that he did. He was outstanding. That partnership with David was brilliant; the way that they put the pressure back on the opposition was exactly what was needed at the time,” said Finch, who himself was removed for a paltry five off seven balls.