Australia is set to stack its World Cup team with all-rounders as selectors lean towards giving Mitchell Marsh the most privileged place in the batting order.
Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green could all feature in Australia’s first-choice World Cup XI, depending on fitness, form and conditions – in a formation that makes it likely one of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc or Pat Cummins would be squeezed out of the best attack for any given game, with two specialist quicks sufficient for most Indian wickets.
It’s an ultra-flexible line-up that gives Australia specialist batting down to at least No.8, and the firming presence of Marsh batting at first drop is arguably key to the game-plan’s success.
Steve Smith’s preferred spot is at No.3, and it would say plenty about Marsh’s potential to be a World Cup man of the series if selectors were to move the master…
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