Matthew Short v Mitchell Marsh: Who should be Australia’s number 3 powerhouse batter (white ball)?

[Rana]

Very underrated player is Matt Short. He came in at number 3 after Finn Allen and Fraser McGurk yesterday for the San Francisco Unicorns. Tall, aggressive player of both spin and pace. With Marsh ageing, Matt Short is a ready replacement!

Thoughts on this guy?

Matthew Short Career Stats​

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	4	3	0	52	41	17.33	67	77.61	0	0	4	1	2	0
T20Is	9	8	0	183	66	22.87	104	175.96	0	1	20	9	4	0
FC	55	87	8	2687	134*	34.01	5219	51.48	4	15	299	16	62	0
List A	63	58	6	1731	134	33.28	1976	87.60	2	9	148	43	30	0
T20s	104	99	7	2547	100*	27.68	1748	145.70	1	17	208	117	56	0

Mitchell Marsh Career Stats​

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	42	73	7	2010	181	30.45	3542	56.74	3	9	264	30	22	0
ODIs	89	85	11	2672	177*	36.10	2778	96.18	3	18	245	89	35	0
T20Is	61	59	11	1557	92*	32.43	1165	133.64	0	9	131	71	27	0
FC	115	199	18	6207	211	34.29	10717	57.91	13	28	859	90	61	0
List A	150	143	24	4536	177*	38.11	4779	94.91	6	30	404	142	66	0
T20s	183	173	37	4353	100*	32.00	3291	132.26	1	26	325	200	73	0

 

[sweep_shot]

He seems promising. But, Marsh should still be the first choice for now. Experience matters. Also, Marsh can bowl too.

 

[Rana]

He seems promising. But, Marsh should still be the first choice for now. Experience matters. Also, Marsh can bowl too.

Short bowls as well

 

[mominsaigol]

Short bowls as well

Marsh is better atm, Matt short isn't their yet. Although Mitch Marsh has fizzled out.

Ik this might be unpopular but for odi I wouldn't mind promoting Labu as no 3. Labu can bat long. His 36 avg and 83 sr aren't true reflections.

Hed defo average 50 if he gets promoted to no 3. Travis and Jake can be the new openers.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Aussies have plenty of talent and a lot of options in the T20 and ODI formats.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Marsh is a perfect candidate to bat at number 3 for Australia... only concern is his ability to play spin so he may struggle while playing in Asian countries.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Matthew Short is a thoroughly average player that is destined to play T20 leagues. Marsh is here to stay in Australia's limited-overs teams.

 

[Suleiman]

Now that I’m an Australian when it comes to cricket, I think Mitch Marsh is still the best bet for us.

Short is good if we need to let Mitch rest and play some b league team like Pakistan or Sri Lanka.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Australia is pretty intelligent when it comes to creating a backup for every position. First, it was David and Fraser, head and now Matt and marsh.

MArsh for now should be there because he is doing fine atm in all departments but yep, matt short is ready.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Mitchell Marsh is a great batsman but had become a bit reckless of late.

 

[Rana]

This guy is about to take off in International cricket too. Absolute butcher of anything short! Superb hitting today v England!

 

[Rana]

Short
Fraser
Marsh
Head

Australia looking extremely dangerous building a team for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa!

 

[mominsaigol]

Short
Fraser
Marsh
Head

Australia looking extremely dangerous building a team for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa!

Don't forget inglis.

He's a much much improved batter then he was in 2023.

He's next level now. It's been less then a year and he's already above pakistani batters as a whole

 

[batandballbattle]

Reminds me of hitman with his bashing of short pitched bowling

 

[Vikram1989]

Short
Fraser
Marsh
Head

Australia looking extremely dangerous building a team for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa!

Am not sure of all their technique on spicy tracks in south Africa. It's not highway like other pitches in eng,aus,ind,pak.250 to 270 was defendable in last ind vs sa odi series. First 20 overs was tough for both sides and winning team took their time to bide in all the matches .I will like to see them against quality left arm pacers too

 

[sweep_shot]

For ODI, it should be Marsh. Experience counts in ODI.

For T20, Short.

Both should be in the XI for ODI and T20.