Beau Webster has his sights set on strengthening his case as a one-day option ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup, even as he admits that white-ball cricket has slipped down his priorities with his growing focus on Test cricket.<\/p>\n
He will line up for Tasmania in the opening round of the One-Day Cup this week, starting against New South Wales in Sydney on Tuesday before a clash with Victoria in Brisbane on Friday, leading into the Sheffield Shield season in early October.<\/p>\n
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Webster\u2019s List A numbers remain modest, with a batting average of 30.31 and a strike rate of 77.10, while his lone century came back in 2017 for a Cricket Australia XI when they fielded a development side in the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to play white-ball cricket for Australia,\u201d Webster told ESPNcricinfo. \u201cProbably more so one-day cricket than T20 at this stage. It just feels a bit like I haven\u2019t played it for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last 12 months l\u2019ve been solely focused on red-ball cricket and that\u2019s in county cricket, Shield cricket and Test cricket. It feels like I\u2019ve hardly hit a white ball and the things that go along with training for white-ball is a lot different than they are for red-ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like my red-ball game\u2019s in a really good place and I\u2019ve got my preparation down to a tee. I suppose that I haven\u2019t really thought too much about it (white-ball cricket) but obviously if the opportunity came and they needed what I do, l\u2019d absolutely jump at it and love to represent the country in the colours.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next men\u2019s 50-over World Cup will take place in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia during October and November 2027. Webster\u2019s lively medium pace, combined with his ability to handle fast bowling, may prove well-matched to the conditions in Southern Africa.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s ODI setup is in a period of change, particularly in the batting department, following the retirements of Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell. Aaron Hardie has found it difficult to cement the No. 7 role during recent outings against South Africa. Meanwhile, Webster\u2019s Tasmanian teammate Mitchell Owen was set to play in that series but was ruled out due to concussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think if you\u2019re scoring runs and taking wickets in Test cricket, you\u2019re always going to be seen as an option,\u201d Webster said. \u201cIf you\u2019re doing it at that level\u2026there are a lot of transferable skills across from Test cricket to one-day cricket. So I hope I\u2019m in the conversation if I can continue to score runs<\/p>\n
in the One-Day Cup for Tasmania and Test level. I hope my name gets thrown around for a potential debut.\u201d<\/p>\n
In white-ball cricket, Webster has returned to the defending champions Hobart Hurricanes for the BBL. However, if he is involved in the Ashes series, his availability may only come after the final Test, and he acknowledges that breaking into the side will be a tough task.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a hard-fought top six to get into,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve kept the majority of the list from the title-winning team there and everyone wants to bat at Bellerive. It\u2019s a great place to bat and we\u2019ve got some world-class batters in that XI. Hopefully I can be with the Ashes series for all five Tests and then come back to the Hurricanes and play a role if they need me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beau Webster has his sights set on strengthening his case as a one-day option ahead of the 2027…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-144438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}