McDonald’s happy with Australia head coach ODI progress: ‘We have challenged ourselves with our team structure’
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald says his mission has been accomplished on several one-day fronts. Team Bank not only won consecutive ODI series against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, but they also did so amidst a backdrop of change and experimentation.
Who will replace Aaron Finch as ODI captain is the big question, but McDonald’s says the two ODI series in north Queensland provided invaluable insight ahead of the 50-over World Cup starting in India in 13 months. Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, and Sean Abbott played key roles.
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“Josh Inglis and Abbott and Greene we are putting some players at risk, Marsh and Stoinis and Cummins are not in that last team, we are just building some depth,” McDonald said.
“We have challenged ourselves with our team structure as well as trying to play eight batsmen and get more overs than our all-rounders. We have got a lot of information from the six matches here, especially the three against New Zealand. Difficult.
In the six ODIs, many batsmen and bowlers performed crucially
In the six ODIs, many batsmen and bowlers made significant performances. Green took his first ODI five-wicket haul against Zimbabwe and scored an unbeaten 89 to help Australia win the first match against New Zealand. Abbott was a threat to New Zealand’s batsmen in the second ODI, taking two wickets and sending four maidens in a five-over spell.
This performance came after the team learned that Finch would end his ODI career for Australia after his northern swing. Now the question is who will replace him?
McDonald’s is in no hurry to find answers, with Finch still playing as captain through the upcoming T20 World Cup in October and November. He said, ‘It is probably the end of the T20 World Cup. We have the World Cup ahead, so there is more pressure at this stage than filling the captaincy.”
