Misfiring Darsh to be sent back to Shield to regain lost confidence ..

[Horrie Is God]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/misfiring-marsh-to-be-sent-back-to-shield-to-regain-lost-confidence-20120128-1qn17.html

Chloe Saltau
January 29, 2012

Small mercies … Shaun Marsh, right, at least performed well in the field against India. Photo: Reuters


SHAUN MARSH may be sent back to the Sheffield Shield for his own benefit after enduring the worst ever series by a No.3 batsman, sparing him further trauma at international level during the one-day series.

The question of what to do with Marsh will occupy the minds of Australia's selectors in the coming days, as they consider whether to ask him to put runs on the board in first-class cricket before the squad is picked for the next tour of the West Indies.

That would mean not picking him for the one-day series against India and Sri Lanka, giving him up to four first-class games for Western Australia to regain the confidence and decisiveness he displayed on debut in Sri Lanka only four months ago.

''It is a tough question. To be honest I don't know the answer,'' captain Michael Clarke said when asked what course of action would be best for Marsh after his dismal series aggregate of 17 runs with three ducks and an average of 2.83.

''I'm sure Shaun would like some more runs. His form in one-day cricket and the shorter form has been outstanding for a good period of time whether for WA or Australia or Perth Scorchers. I have always loved the way Shaun has played. He is a wonderful talent and I do see him as a big part of the Australian team in all three formats but he certainly needs to keep making runs,'' he said.

''If he gets the opportunity to play for Australia in the shorter form or if he goes back to WA he just has to keep working hard and put some runs on the board. He needs to spend time in the middle to build his confidence back up. I am confident he will perform again for Australia.''

Marsh's prospects of playing the next Test in the Caribbean are bleak with Shane Watson's return to fitness requiring him to be slotted in.

Coach Mickey Arthur, who like Clarke is also a selector, is an unabashed Marsh fan, but no batsman would expect to hold his place after a series like his, with selectors also watching Usman Khawaja.

''When you're winning it helps keep a team together. Individually, Shaun and Eddie [Cowan] and probably David [Warner] would have liked a few more runs,'' Clarke said. ''There's swings and roundabouts. When you're playing well you need to cash in. When you're not performing you need to hang in there. I'm confident they can turn it around.''

"Sparing him further trauma"..:sarcasm:

More like sparing the Aussie public any more trauma..

But Justin Langer assures us "Shaun is smoking them in the nets"..:lol:

 

[Wooden Spoonar]

Just what exactly is Shaun smoking in the nets...

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Just what exactly is Shaun smoking in the nets...

If he gets selected then obviously blue vein cigars...

 

[Twizzle]

he was hardly a lock in our ODI team, bit of a non story

 

[beads6]

Good decision. If he hits runs in the shield he is a chance of making the tour of the Windies. If he fails then no tour for him.

 

[aussies1st]

he was hardly a lock in our ODI team, bit of a non story

Agree. His scoring rate was way too inconsistent, face too many dot balls.

 

[Horrie Is God]

 

[Steve_oneskie]

Im still not convinced he was the player selectors though he was he had a first class average below 40, he was always a shorter form of the game player not a test player.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Too funny..

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/langer-still-a-marsh-fan-20120204-1qyrh.html

Langer still a Marsh fan..

Chloe Saltau
February 5, 2012

Familiar tale ... Indian players celebrate a cheap Shaun Marsh wicket. Photo: AFP


BATTING coach Justin Langer believes Shaun Marsh's demotion to the Sheffield Shield will help him escape the "horrible cycle" in which he has become trapped during his first home summer as a Test cricketer.
Langer has scrutinised Marsh's batting and seen no glaring technical reasons for the dreadful run that has produced five ducks in his past eight international innings, culminating with a hesitant jab to a Praveen Kumar outswinger at the MCG on Friday night.
Dropped from the one-day squad after managing 17 runs in four Tests against India, Marsh will return to Western Australia's Sheffield Shield team this week, which Langer said could be a blessing.

You really feel for him because you know how hard he is working and you know he spent that time on the sideline with injury, which put him back a bit. Then he's come back into a big Test series, his first in Australia, so automatically you put an extra bit of pressure on yourself because you want to show the Australian public you can bat.
"You miss out a few times and then you start thinking about needing to make some runs so the pressure increases. It's a horrible cycle to get into and even the greatest players go through it," Langer told the Herald.
"In a lot of ways, him going back to shield cricket this week, perhaps away from the glare, might just help him relax and start hitting the ball again," he said.
Five months ago, Marsh showed up the senior batsmen with an assured 141 on debut in Sri Lanka, but, with his recent poor run, he cannot expect to hold his place for the West Indies tour and might find it hard to break back in when Shane Watson returns to fitness.
Marsh has not faced more than 20 balls in an international innings this summer, leaving him no place other than the nets to search for confidence.
"It's one of the greatest challenges of playing Test cricket or international cricket, it's not just about bat and ball, it's about all the other distractions that go with it. Ultimately the trick is to try to make it about bat and ball but unfortunately it's not that simple," Langer said.
The third Test against the West Indies in April has been moved from Guyana to Dominica.
The decision was made to take the game away from the Guyana National Stadium by the West Indies Cricket Board after a dispute over who was running cricket in Guyana.

 

[lockyno1]

Just shows you how much we have missed Shane Watson.

 

[Steve_oneskie]

true, Watson is really key to this team. It will be interesting to see what happens with the team now whether Ponting, Clarke or Watson will take over at No.3 or possibly even Khawaja. IMO it should be Clarke, but i think it will be Ponting or Watson as they may not want to put the pressure of batting at No.3 on the captain again.

 

[TheParraboy]

Just shows you how much we have missed Shane Watson.

4-0

Sunshine wasnt missed at all

 

[Tom Shines]

Darsh!

 

[aqua_duck]

Forget about Darsh, test career is finished and shorter form career for Australia will be finished soon aswell.
His only real success has come on slow, lifeless subcontinental wickets.

 

[hineyrulz]

:lol: Langer the space cadet.

 

[Horrie Is God]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/out-of-form-shaun-marsh-faces-tough-task-as-he-returns-to-sheffield-shield-cricket-against-queensland/story-fn2mcu3x-1226262628850

Out-of-form Shaun Marsh faces tough task as he returns to Sheffield Shield cricket against Queensland..

By Martin Smith FOX SPORTS February 06, 2012 8:10AM

Struggling Australia batsman Shaun Marsh will be confronted by a green Gabba wicket and a rejuvenated Queensland bowling line-up in his return to Sheffield Shield cricket on Monday.

Marsh has been named in Western Australia's squad for the four-day fixture against the ladder-leading Bulls, starting on Monday in Brisbane.

The left-hander was left out of Australia's ODI squad after a horror run of form that yielded just 17 runs from seven international innings this summer.

His duck in the second Twenty20 against India on Friday night was his fifth from his past eight international innings.

And Marsh is expected to face a tough task on his return to state cricket on a Gabba pitch that should favour the fast bowlers following persistent rain in Brisbane.



News Limited cricket writer Robert Craddock says the sight of a green Gabba wicket will do nothing to boost the already shattered confidence of Marsh, who Craddock describes as a "tortured soul".

"It's so mental, his problem. It's just not a technical issue," Craddock told Fox Sports News.

"As Mark Waugh said he's got one of the best techniques in Australia. But he's completely and utterly lost confidence.

"Most Shield wickets up here (in Brisbane) really seam (and) against a good Queensland attack with Ben Cutting returning (from injury).

"So it's just going to be so hard for young Shaun.

"He just needs a good rest. We're not talking about a one or two innings thing here and he's back into form. He's just got to really re-build his confidence; it's a big issue.

"He is a long way down the well of despair, no doubt about that."

Australia's comprehensive 4-0 Test series win over India masked Marsh's continued failings and the overall lack of batting depth in domestic cricket.

With Marsh certain to be left out of Australia's touring party for the West Indies, other candidates are jostling for positions.

Shane Watson is certain to come back into the side when fit while Victoria's Rob Quiney put himself into contention with dual centuries against South Australia this week.

Quiney's innings' of 114 and 119 in Adelaide took his season tally to 686 runs, putting him well clear of Peter Forrest and Michael Klinger as the leading run-scorer in Sheffield Shield cricket.

Former Test batsman Usman Khawaja also found some form with a century against Tasmania on Saturday, albeit in a one-day match.

Khawaja and Phillip Hughes will be aiming to get the attention of selectors when NSW tackle the Tigers in a Shield match, starting on Monday.

Watch a live stream of Tasmania v NSW and Queensland v WA from 10:30am EDT on Monday on foxsports.com.au.

 

[Twizzle]

that other article tells us more about Langer than it does about Marsh, this guy is doing more bad than good

 

[aussies1st]

Darsh better hope WA aren't batting first else he'll be adding to that duck list.

 

[Hallatia]

Marsh begins long road back
ESPNcricinfo staff
February 5, 2012

Shaun Marsh has reflected on a horrific Test summer as he begins his batting rehabilitation in the Sheffield Shield, admitting that by the time of the final match in Adelaide he was "almost a walking wicket".

Marsh is taking the field for Western Australia against Queensland at the Gabba this week, intent on regaining the form and confidence that drained so completely from his batting against India. He has acknowledged that the selectors' call to send him back to his state, far from the madding crowd, was the right one.

"I would love to be playing for Australia but it is going to be good for me to get out of the spotlight and train hard for WA," Marsh told Brisbane's Courier-Mail. "I am not going to go hiding in this period. You can go two ways. You can take the easy option and go hide behind a brick wall or you can go about your business and go and get some runs again.

"I am at the bottom of the barrel right now but other people have been in this position and come back and had nice careers for Australia. I know if I keep doing the right things it will change."

Having begun his Test career with so much poise in Sri Lanka and South Africa, Marsh battled to overcome a back complaint and was hurried back into the team for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, where he commenced a series that would reap a meagre 17 runs in six innings.

Things were never worse than the first morning in Adelaide, when he missed a straight ball from R Ashwin to be bowled. Of that moment, Marsh said: "By the time of that dismissal I was just so tentative in the middle. I was almost like a walking wicket."

So much had changed from the first innings of the Cape Town Test against South Africa in November, when Marsh held his own against Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander on a treacherous pitch in the company of his captain Michael Clarke.

"I was having the time of my life," Marsh said. "I was just starting to feel at home in Test cricket. It was fantastic. It was tough but I was loving every minute of facing two of the best bowlers in the world in (Morne) Morkel and (Dale) Steyn on a very difficult wicket."

However a blow to the groin unbalanced Marsh, and soon after he began to feel growing pain and immobility in his back, losing his wicket soon after. He made a lame duck in the second innings, and has been unable to relocate his Test match touch since.

"Two balls before lunch I got hit in the groin area," Marsh said. "I felt myself seizing up in the lunch break. Just after lunch I felt a pop in my back. It got worse and worse and I got out shortly afterwards (for 44)."

Sauce

 

[aussies1st]

Scrap my previous comment looks like it will be a good day for batting with the sun out and 32 degrees.