{"id":8321,"date":"2020-12-11T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8321"},"modified":"2020-12-11T05:56:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T05:56:13","slug":"absolutely-elite-marsh-in-line-to-make-test-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8321","title":{"rendered":"'Absolutely elite' Marsh in line to make Test return"},"content":{"rendered":"

He has been the whipping boy of Australian cricket fans over the years, but Shaun Marsh<\/a> could now make a sensational return to the Test side at 37 years of age.<\/p>\n

A raft of injuries<\/a> have left Australian coach Justin Langer with slim pickings for the opening duo to face India in the first Test<\/a>, but he believes his fellow West Australian could fill in the void to great effect at the top of the order.<\/p>\n

Victorian opener Marcus Harris is also in contention for the role as Langer sweats on the health of young gun Will Pucovski.<\/p>\n

"You never discriminate against age. He's doing everything possible," Langer told 7 NEWS on Friday.<\/p>\n

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"His numbers in Sheffield Shield cricket \u2013 not only this year but the back end of last year \u2013 were absolutely elite.<\/p>\n

"There's no more popular player in the Australian cricket team than Shaun, maybe his brother (Mitch) actually.<\/p>\n

"It's an incredible family, the Marsh family, they're much loved within the team."<\/p>\n

While Langer was full of praise for Marsh's ability to fill the void left by Warner, a fellow Australian great didn't share the same optimism.<\/p>\n

"I wouldn't go back to Shaun Marsh," Healy told SEN.<\/p>\n

"We've got plenty of other talent in Shield cricket. We are better than going back to Shaun Marsh."<\/p>\n

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He has been the whipping boy of Australian cricket fans over the years, but Shaun Marsh could now make a sensational return to the Test […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8323,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321\/revisions\/8323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}