Marcus Harris has already proven he can bat against India, but not that he can make big scores. The selectors must judge whether he can make that leap.
Among the contenders to slot into Australia’s Test top six against India following Cameron Green’s back surgery, only Marcus Harris has already proven he can make runs against Jasprit Bumrah and company.
With those innings, Harris showed that he had all the technical chops to prosper against India in a variety of conditions, needing only to find a way to bat more time, avoid mental mistakes, and let the runs come to him.One of the innings, 70 on day one on a sporting surface in December 2018, set up a Test win for Australia in their first match at the new Perth Stadium. But the other big score, 79 at the SCG later that series, was the “cash-in” opportunity wasted on a friendlier pitch.
Whereas in 1991, a young Mark Ramprakash got to scores of 19 or better, facing 48 balls or more, in every one of his first nine Test innings for England against the mighty West Indies. Most thought this would be the platform for something bigger, but it actually turned out to be more or less his level: A series average of 23.33 became a career mark of 27.32 over 52 matches.Getty Images
“Probably in the past, it’s weighed on my mind a lot more than what it is at the moment,” he said earlier this month. “I’m just sort of playing it as it comes at me. I think last year was a good lesson for that. I’ll just keep playing whatever I’m playing and trying to put some runs on the board.
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