Australian head coach Andrew McDonald concedes Mitch Marsh hasn’t been scoring as many runs as selectors would like against India and is confident Sean Abbott or Jhye Richardson could step up if Mitchell Starc was to be ruled out of the SCG Test due to injury.
Australian players made their way to Sydney on Tuesday following a famous win at the MCG that saw Pat Cummins’ side take a 2-1 lead in the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Friday’s fifth and final Test in Sydney shapes as one of the most highly-anticipated matches in decades, given both teams can still take the trophy after a hard-fought series full of drama and spice.
Winning teams generally don’t like to change their playing XI but Australia have a number of selection headaches to work through.
The main one is whether to stick with Marsh at No.6 given …