{"id":1219831,"date":"2025-01-02T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/?p=1219831"},"modified":"2025-01-02T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:04:05","slug":"australia-make-massive-change-in-playing-xi-drop-mitchell-marsh-and-bring-in-beau-webster-for-sydney-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/australia-make-massive-change-in-playing-xi-drop-mitchell-marsh-and-bring-in-beau-webster-for-sydney-test-1219831\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia make MASSIVE change in playing XI, drop Mitchell Marsh and bring in Beau Webster for Sydney Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian team has announced their playing XI for the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series which is set to be played in Sydney. The Baggy Greens have made a big change to their lineup by dropping veteran all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and handing Beau Webster his maiden Test cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marsh has endured a tough series with his last five visits to the crease not resulting in any double-digit returns. He has also sent down just 33 overs and after pulling up sore post the Perth Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mitchy obviously hasn&#8217;t quite got the runs, and perhaps wickets this series. So we felt like it was time for a freshen up and Beau&#8217;s been great,&#8221; Cummins said on the eve of the Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a shame for Mitchy, because we know how much he brings to the team, but feel like now it&#8217;s a good week for Beau to get a chance,&#8221; Cummins added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data- data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mitchell Starc has been declared fit for the SCG Test, while Beau Webster is all set to make his debut \ud83d\udd01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WskZhiMGaL\">https:\/\/t.co\/WskZhiMGaL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AUSvIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BnnjJEU6Bi\">pic.twitter.com\/BnnjJEU6Bi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNcricinfo\/status\/1874633803433676870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Webster has been sensational in first-class cricket since March 2022, averaging 57.1 while also picking up 81 wickets as well. Last year, the 31-year-old became the first player since West Indian legend Sir Garfield Sobers to score 900 runs and take 30 wickets in a Sheffield Shield season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Really excited for Beau; the first thing he [Marsh] said was &#8216;I can&#8217;t wait to see Beau go out there and give it a crack&#8217;. Particularly here in Australia, I think when a batter misses out or gets dropped, it&#8217;s always seen as a big thing. 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