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Shaun Marsh, Henriques have been fantastic players: Lehmann
Perth: Australia coach Darren Lehmann today stated that brilliant batsmen from T20 Big Bash League final Shaun Marsh and Moises Henriques will also be special performers at the international level.
Incumbent Test No.5 Shaun Marsh guided Perth Scorchers to their second-straight BBL title with a measured 73 from 59 balls at the top of the innings against their final opponents Sydney Sixers, for whom captain Moises Henriques top-scored with a superb 77 from 57 balls.
And while both players have represented Australia in all three formats, neither has truly stamped himself on the international arena.
Lehmann. however, believes that is about to change.
“It was great to see those two players really stand up (in the BBL final) because they’ve been fantastic players, and I think they’re both really coming of age at the next level,” he told Perth’s radio station 6PR.
“When they go back (from national to domestic cricket), they’re always performing for their states and that’s what we ask of them.”
Marsh returned to the Test side this summer following Michael Clarke’s injury-enforced withdrawal from the Test Series against India after the opening Test in Adelaide.
The 31-year-old made scores of 32, 17, 32, 99, 73 and 1, doing enough to almost retain the selectors’ faith ahead of Australia’s next Test series in the Caribbean without adding to his two centuries.
Henriques, who turned 28 Sunday, came back into Australia’s ODI side for their tri-series clash with England in Hobart, taking 34 for one and making just four in what was a one-off appearance in the green-and-gold due to the absence of a number of star players.
Lehmann has been impressed by the improvements of the pair.
“Shaun had a fantastic Test summer for us,” the national coach said.
“We put a lot of faith in him because we think he’s a gun player, and Moises really developed as a leader and a player with New South Wales as well.”
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.