Whatever the selectors go with, I'll just prepare as best I can: Mitchell Marsh

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh said that he is prepared for any kind of team combination as his role may change with the team combination. The team might go for 4 pacers and a spinner, or three pacers and two spinners.

“I think depending on the outlook of the team and whether they bowl two spinners or three quicks and me, my role will differ,” Marsh said in Colombo, on the eve of Australia’s three-day tour match against a Sri Lankan XI.

He explained his strategy saying that he would be attacking the stumps more often. “But for me it’s about just playing the conditions, I will be attacking the stumps as much as I can, with fields that allow me to bowl like that,” the 24-year old said.

“I think if we’ve got two spinners I’ll probably bowl a bit more with the newer ball being the third seamer. It’s always nice in these conditions to bowl when the ball’s a little bit harder and potentially swinging a little bit, but I don’t really mind, I’ll just bowl wherever the skipper needs me to bowl. Whatever the selectors go with, I’ll just prepare as best I can,” he added.

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Marsh said that he expects both spin and reverse swing to play a big role in Sri Lankan conditions. “That’s something we’ve spoken about as a batting group already, just being as sharp as we can to start our innings. I think conditions, whether it is spinning or whether it is reverse swing, it’s always going to come into it massively when we’re batting.”

“I’ll be preparing as best I can over the coming week for the different conditions, and I think the start of the innings here is really important,” he concluded.

The Tests series will start on July 26 at Pallekele.