Cricket-Australia drop Marsh, hand Webster debut for fifth India test

Mitchell Marsh's indifferent form with the bat and poor contributions with the ball has finally led to him getting axed from the Australian Test team and in his place will be debutant Beau Webster at the SCG for the fifth Test against India. Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed on the eve of the Test that Webster will be playing for the final Test match, with Australia standing a chance at winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade.

Australian bowler Beau Webster (C) celebrates taking a wicket on the second day of the cricket match between Australia A and India A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on November 8, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--(AFP)

Webster made his first class debut just a year before that previous win in February 2014. The fifth Test will be the 31-year-old's international debut. It will be the second consecutive match for Australia in which a player will be playing his first international, with opener Sam Konstas doing so in the Boxing Day Test and grabbing the attention of the cricketing world with a scintillating performance.