Though Pat Cummins will lead Australia in ODIs against Pakistan, there\u2019s no word yet on who could take over the leadership mantle for the T20I series, as Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are on paternity leave. Short has prior leadership experience via being the leader of his BBL side Adelaide Strikers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYeah, definitely (I\u2019m interested). I\u2019ve done it for a little bit now with the Adelaide Strikers and really enjoyed being involved in making some of the calls. The communication (from selectors) at the moment is just (within) a bit of a leadership group \u2013 they still haven\u2019t made up their mind, but if it was me they wanted, I\u2019d definitely put my hand up for it,\u201d said Short to reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also spoke about the opportunity to face the Pakistan side, coached by Jason Gillespie, who was his long-term mentor at the Adelaide Strikers. \" It\u2019s a little bit (unnerving) \u2013 I\u2019ve probably had him for six or seven years, and he\u2019s probably a big reason why I\u2019m here today.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Like, giving me the opportunity in Adelaide and to open the batting, so he's seen plenty of me batting in the nets and in games and I'm sure he's going to hand that onto some of their bowlers. He knows me like the back of his hand so \u2026 we'll see how we go.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With an eye to own the ODI opener slot due to David Warner\u2019s retirement, especially with Champions Trophy happening next year, Short also expressed his aspirations to play Test cricket for Australia in future. \u201cI\u2019m always looking for that Test cap, it\u2019s always something I\u2019ve aspired to. I\u2019ve had the question a few times recently \u2013 it\u2019s been really hard trying to get back-to-back games, in Shield cricket especially.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cPlaying white-ball cricket for Australia, that\u2019s probably been the priority for the last couple of years, but when the time comes to play Shield cricket, I\u2019ll definitely give it my all. I\u2019ll try to score runs and take wickets, and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With an eye to own the ODI opener slot due to David Warner\u2019s retirement, especially with Champions Trophy happening next year, Short also expressed his aspirations to play Test cricket for Australia in future. \u201cI\u2019m always looking for that Test cap, it\u2019s always something I\u2019ve aspired to. I\u2019ve had the question a few times recently \u2013 it\u2019s been really hard trying to get back-to-back games, in Shield cricket especially.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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