Mitchell Marsh is good enough to play every game for Australia: Ashton Agar

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh has struggled to get going in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 33-year-old has made only 73 runs in four matches so far at an average of 10.42. There have been talks around his spot in the XI.

Meanwhile, Ashton Agar has come in Marsh’s defence and believes that he is still good enough to play all three formats for Australia. He acknowledged that the Perth-born had a tough time in the series but expects the him to bounce back in the final Test of the series, which begins from January 3 in Sydney.

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“We want Mitch playing every game for Australia. He’s good enough to do that. He’s still in the best six batters in the country. He’s obviously had a bit of a tough time lately, but he’s a resilient guy. He’s been through enough in his career to bounce back. Selection just takes care of itself – I know that’s how he’ll be thinking about it,” Agar was quoted as saying by Yahoo! News.

Agar reflects on international return

Agar recently featured for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield. However, he is not much concerned about getting back to international cricket. The all-rounder mentioned that he does nOt keep track of the selections, terming that as a "mistake" he made earlier in his career.

“I don’t track the selection or the squad. Obviously, there was a lot of noise about (Nathan) McSweeney and (Sam) Konstas coming in … you can’t escape that. In terms of my own selection, I don’t track it much, to be honest. I’ve probably made that mistake before, earlier in my career. I know now that if I’m just focusing on playing as well as I can in the game that’s right in front of me, it all ends up taking care of itself. It’s a lot less stressful that way, to be honest,” he added.