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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, May 16 (IANS) All-rounder Mitchell Marsh said on Saturday that his sole focus is on cementing a spot in the Australian Test squad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Long term, I want my place to be cemented in that Test spot. I feel like if I&#39;m doing that then one-day and Twenty20 cricket will take care of itself if I&#39;m playing good Test cricket. All my focus is going in to that,&rdquo; Mitchell was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 23-year-old made his Test debut against Pakistan at Dubai in 2014 and has played four matches so far.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I was pretty nervous in that first Test. It was probably a little bit different for me in the fact that we had about 45 people in the stadium that held 50,000, and 24 of those were Marsh&#39;es. It didn&#39;t exactly feel like a Test match,&quot; said Marsh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Once I got home back to Australia playing in front of big crowds, that was just an amazing experience. That&#39;s what drives you, really wanting to play in front of the big crowds and on the big stage.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">However, Mitchell got injured soon in the second Test against India at the end of 2014. He says it was &ldquo;gut-wrenching&rdquo; but added he is hopeful of a comeback into the squad along with brother Shaun.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;When we played that first Test together and I got injured on the first day it was gut-wrenching. You don&#39;t want to get injured anytime playing for Australia. But the first one with your brother, you want to be out there as much as you can. We&#39;ve got a big 12 months of Test cricket coming up so hopefully we&#39;ll both be in there,&quot; added the Perth born cricketer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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