Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 – Jake Fraser-McGurk ‘turns heads’ in T20 World Cup selection debate

Despite a good domestic summer that included an ODI debut against the West Indies, he has been in the World Cup conversation for a long time and has taken the IPL by storm having been named as a replacement for the Delhi Capitals. He went on to score 330 runs at an eye-catching rate of 234.04 including two half-centuries off 15 balls.

“There’s no doubt he turned heads and was the talk of the town during the final 15,” said coach Andrew McDonald. SEN the radio. “He was running hot and there is no doubt that he will run hot tomorrow.

“There’s no doubt what he’s done in the IPL, he’s lit it up, he’s got incredible talent and he’ll entertain the fans throughout the journey. When we discussed the 15-man squad, we had to put all the bases together with the way we played. I wanted to play and there was a lot of build-up that went into that over time.”

Fraser-McGurk has previously said how he was comfortable not making the final team.

“There are two ways you can look at it. You can look at it well, ‘this is what I did to prove my case,’ and then there is, ‘look, a month and a half ago I was not in the picture’,” he said. Willow Talk a podcast. “If somehow I find a vacation spot [spot] so good, I can get a good experience there. It didn’t bother me too much because I wasn’t in this situation to feel like I had it figured out. World Cup cricket is very different from IPL and franchise cricket.”

However, it is unlikely that Fraser-McGurk will have to wait long for another opportunity at the international level as it is expected to start a change of players in Australia’s white ball teams after the T20 World Cup. He looks certain to feature on the tour of England in September where he comes in as Head’s future opening partner in the post-Warner era.

“Think that would be a good indicator, think that’s where we’re going,” McDonald said of the upcoming top order. “It is possible that he is somewhere in the top three and we do not rule out that he may be able to play a role in the middle as well.

“Matthew Short will be fighting for that again and he thinks in the Jake Fraser-McGurk debate we’re probably destroying what Matthew Short has been able to do at home. So we feel we’ve got a few good players ready to go if we need them.”

However, McDonald confirmed that Marsh is unlikely to be able to bowl early in the tournament as he is making a slower-than-expected comeback from the hamstring injury that ended his IPL. But he will be able to feature in the two warm-up matches against Namibia and the West Indies as a batsman.

Australia are expected to have just 10 of their squad available for those practice matches in Trinidad with five players who will play in the IPL final – Head, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green – having joined the squad in Barbados before. opening match against Oman on June 5.