Mitchell Marsh feels having more all-rounders will give Australia “flexibility and depth” which will be crucial as they look to experiment with their line-up in the ODI series keeping in mind the upcoming 50-over World Cup in India. India will host the ICC ODI World Cup in October-November this year and the three ODI series will begin in Mumbai.

Marsh told reporters ahead of Australia’s training session here on Thursday –

“For the balance of our team, having as many all-rounders in here as we can is really important for the structure we line up with.”

Marsh added – “We’ve seen really good teams in the past. England have guys batting at No 8 who are genuine batters. And it gives you the ability to either set really big totals or chase big totals.”

Marsh expects the series as well as the upcoming World Cup to be high-scoring affair.

Marsh further said – “Think we’ll see that (big totals) in this series. Hopefully there’ll be a lot of runs scored. And looking forward to the World Cup, just the way cricket is played here in the white-ball format, you’ll have to chase or make big scores. The more flexibility and depth you can have with your batting line-up, I think it will be really important.”

Marsh said while Australia will look to experiment the focus will be on winning the series –

“It is going to be a high scoring world cup … from my experience it is nice to have options to go to, to change things up, try and change the momentum of the games, the more options the better.”

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