Cricket: I've 'put a line through' Marsh says Chappell

Shaun Marsh should never again feature in the Australian Test side.

That’s the opinion of former Australian skipper Ian Chappell who admitted he’s “put a line through” the opener’s name.

Marsh has been in and out of the side for the past few years. Solid recent performances have been punctuated by injury, with his latest absence due to a broken finger.

And Chappell says it’s the 33-year-old’s long list of injuries that should prove his undoing.

“I put a line through Shaun Marsh’s name a while ago,” Chappell told FIVEaa radio in Adelaide.

“Crikey, he’s got talent but he plays one (Test) and then misses two, plays one, misses two. You can’t have fellas injured all the time.

“I reckon he’s the sort of fella who loses confidence fairly quickly. Guys who do that tend to have big peaks and large valleys in their batting chart.

“I would have moved on from Marsh, especially with these young guys doing some good stuff.”

However, Marsh has been backed to make his way back into Steve Smith’s young team with former players Brendon Julian and Chris Rogers backing the Western Australian native to return for the First Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.

Matt Renshaw and Nic Maddison are the names offered up by both Julian and Rogers as the most likely to make way for Marsh.