IND vs AUS: Who is Beau Webster, Australia all-rounder likely to be added to 2nd Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test squad

“He was a small but sore towards the extremity of this Test match, truthful the adjacent 10 days helium has a accidental to freshen up and effort to get it right,” skipper Pat Cummins had revealed aft the Perth Test. We’ll spot however helium goes.”

If Marsh fails to retrieve successful clip for the Adelaide Test that starts aft a sizeable break, Webster is successful enactment to person his Test debut successful the Day-Night game.

Who is Beau Webster?

Hailing from South Tasmania, the 30-year-old Webster has been a standout performer astatine the Sheffield Shield level implicit the past 2 seasons. The right-handed batter has aggregated 1788 runs successful the play astatine a 51.08 average, including 5 hundreds and 9 fifties. Only Cameron Bancroft has outranked Webster with the bat successful this frame.

Webster besides picked 30 wickets past play and had a decent ace astatine the India A broadside precocious during the 2 circuit games successful Mackay and Melbourne.

Webster scored 145 runs successful 4 innings portion chipping successful with 7 wickets. Webster had a good tally successful the County Championship earlier this year, scoring implicit 250 runs for Gloucestershire portion signaling career-best FC figures of 6/100.

The in-form Webster besides led Tasmania to a 55-run triumph implicit New South Wales successful Sydney this week, scoring 110 runs crossed 2 innings with 5 wickets. “(Webster’s) a peculiar subordinate astatine the moment,” Tasmania skipper Jordan Silk told reporters.

“Anytime I consciousness similar we’re successful trouble, I consciousness similar I tin propulsion him the shot and helium conscionable seems to beryllium capable to make something, oregon anytime we’re successful akin occupation with the bat past he’s capable to excavation america retired of it. I cognize there’s a spot of speech astir him perchance arsenic a backup all-rounder (for the Test side) and I’m precise supportive of that determination if they are to spell that way,” remarked Silk.

Originally, an off-spin bowler, the two-metre gangly Webster added medium-pace bowling to his quiver during the COVID-19 pandemic successful 2020-21. Overall, Webster has amassed implicit 5000 First-Class runs successful his vocation portion snapping up 148 wickets.