Enlightened Marsh flags new approach

Allrounder Mitchell Marsh says he is in "no rush" to force his way back into the Test team and has forecast a change in approach should he ultimately earn a recall: to play to his power-hitting strengths.

Marsh has resigned himself to being omitted for the Commonwealth Bank Test series against Pakistan which starts in Brisbane on December 15, with his focus switching to the KFC Big Bash League - where his extra availability looms as a huge plus for the Perth Scorchers - and the Sheffield Shield.

Marsh was dropped after Australia were thumped by South Africa in the summer's opening Test at the WACA, replaced in the top six with a specialist batsman in Callum Ferguson for the second match in Hobart.

It marked a significant shift in thinking for the Australia set-up, ending the era of the allrounder that had persisted throughout the decade-long career of Shane Watson and Marsh's 19 Tests so far.

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"I don't think the opportunities I've had in Shield cricket in the last month (warrant a recall) … I haven't scored any runs," Marsh said today.

"I don't think they (selectors) will look at me.

"And at the same time the players who have come in and played one Test, they deserve a crack. They started off beautifully which was awesome to see, so I think they deserve a crack."

Prior to Hobart, Australia last resorted to a traditional top six in the ill-fated Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in 2015, when Mitch Marsh was dropped for elder brother Shaun, as Australia were thrashed by an innings after being bowled out for 60 on the opening morning.

The younger Marsh was reinstated for the final Test of that series and when the issue was raised again in the Australian summer that followed, coach Darren Lehmann was emphatic an allrounder was vital to the Australia XI.

"No, we'll play with five bowlers," Lehmann said at the time. "We made that mistake in England and we won't do that again."

Marsh averages 23.18 from his 19 Tests, but has been prolific in one-day cricket. He averages above 45 in 2016, and posted a maiden ODI century in Sydney in January.

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And while he knows the ability to bat in the top six is crucial to his Test aspirations, he believes a change in approach is required.

"In red-ball cricket over the last couple of years I probably haven't played my natural game; I've tried to be a batsman that bats time," Marsh said.

"But for me, I'm a hitter of the cricket ball, and probably over the next few months I'm going to bat like that and really back myself.

"I might get out in a few ugly ways at times but I feel like that's my best chance to score runs.

"One thing I've learned over the last month, when you're not scoring runs you tend to try to plan for things in the nets to try and make something work.

"But probably in the last week or two I've really tried to simplify that down to trying to watch the ball as hard as I can and let my natural ability take over.

"I've felt much better since I've done that and really just cleared my head."

The results were plain to see in Australia's Chappell-Hadlee Trophy-clinching win in Canberra on Tuesday, as Marsh blasted seven sixes in an unbeaten knock of 76 from just 40 balls that helped propel Australia to 5-378, their second-highest score on home soil.

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With the series already secure, the Australians are intent on inflicting maximum pain on their trans-Tasman neighbours as they return to the MCG, scene of Australia's 2015 World Cup triumph.

"We spoke about (a clean sweep) straight away last night," Marsh said. "It's obviously lovely to win the series but we're not going to just settle for that.

"We've got another series in New Zealand in a couple of months' time so we really want to go on with it in Melbourne."

The third Chappell-Hadlee match will be played at the MCG on Friday from 2.20pm AEDT.

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