Jake Fraser-McGurk has shrugged off criticism he wants to change his ultra-aggressive method to opening the batting for Australia.
The 22-year-old is getting ready for simply his eighth match for Australia however is arguably the most-talked about participant within the white-ball set-up.
After blasting his technique to 16 within the first ODI in opposition to Pakistan on Monday, Fraser-McGurk mistimed a pull quick on to mid-on for a simple catch.
It’s not the primary time he has been out in ugly vogue, with this dismissal triggering a powerful response from former Australian nice Ian Healy.
“Matt Quick and Jake Fraser-McGurk had been enjoying like schoolyard bullies,” Healy mentioned on his SEN present.
“The disregard for the situations wasn’t ok.”
However the Victorian, who moved to South Australia for extra alternatives forward of the 2023-24 season, has no plans to alter his method.
“The sport’s altering, and that is kind of the way in which we wish to play our cricket, tackle the primary 10 overs,” Fraser-McGurk advised reporters in Adelaide on Thursday.
“As an alternative of scrapping to 240-250, which are not actually winnable scores out right here, getting in the direction of extra of the excessive 300s mark is extra of a winnable whole, we predict.
“If we get off to a flyer within the first 10, then that units up a pleasant platform for the boys within the center to get us previous these totals.”
When Fraser McGurk fires — as he did a number of instances on this yr’s Indian Premier League — he is among the most damaging batters in fashionable cricket.
In simply his second ODI again in February, the highly effective right-hander carted 41 from 18 balls as Australia chased down the West Indies’ 86 in lower than seven overs.
Fraser-McGurk was not the one Australian batter to lose their wicket in puzzling vogue in opposition to Pakistan, with opening companion Quick, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, and Aaron Hardie additionally enjoying disappointing pictures.
Labuschagne and Steve Smith stay a part of Australia’s middle-order, and Fraser-McGurk believes that enables different batters to assault even tougher.
“Once you’ve received ‘Smudge’ (Smith) and ‘Marn’ (Labuschagne) popping out after you, it permits me to go on the market with much more freedom, if you wish to give it some thought like that,” he mentioned.
“You have received these two world-class batters there, so me and Shorty can go on the market and play the way in which we play.”
Friday evening’s match in Adelaide, and Sunday’s third and closing ODI in Perth, are Fraser-McGurk and Quick’s final probabilities to impress within the bid to companion World Cup hero Travis Head in subsequent yr’s Champions Trophy.
Head (paternity go away) is lacking these ODIs however will return to the Australian set-up earlier than the primary Check in opposition to India, beginning on November 22.
As there’s within the Check workforce, there’s a emptiness on the high of the order within the white-ball squad following David Warner’s worldwide retirement.
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