Sean Abbott<\/a>, to the extent that he\u2019s almost become a forever \u2018backup bowler\u2019. However, he\u2019s still managed to play 54 white-ball games for the Kangaroos, and was also a part of the 2023 ODI World Cup triumph in India, where he even played one game.\u00a0<\/p>\nBut Abbott has not had the same luck in red-ball cricket, as he\u2019s yet to debut for Australia in Test cricket despite being part of the squad for many tours. The 33-year-old has, so many times, been \u2018one injury away\u2019 from a Test cap but that has somehow never materialised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With question marks over the fitness of skipper Pat Cummins, who is struggling with inflammation of the back, it goes without saying that the Aussies will need solid pace reinforcements for the home Ashes later this year. And should the need arise, Abbott believes he is \u2018ready\u2019 to don the whites.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be 34 next February, but I feel like I\u2019ve got a number of years now to still keep pushing for a Test cap, to keep getting better at international level,\u201d Abbott said, reported Fox Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019m ready to go. I\u2019m just not wanting to get too ahead of myself. There\u2019s a bit of cricket to be played before then.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old admitted that playing The Ashes is his ultimate \u2018dream\u2019, and hoped to be part of the squad for the Tests against England.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a dream to play any cricket for Australia, but obviously the one we all think about as kids is playing against England. That\u2019s a pinnacle of Test cricket for Australian cricketers,\u201d Abbott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to playing some Shield cricket, and hopefully being part of that Ashes squad. But there\u2019s a bit of water to go under the bridge until then.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re craving a bit of success here in New South Wales. I\u2019m really confident with the way the boys are going and training that some success is around the corner, and I really want to be a part of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen hopefully (national) selection and things like that look after themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schedules are getting unrelenting by the day, and the volume of matches Australia play is something Abbott believes will eventually end up working in his favour.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a hell of a lot of cricket coming up,\u201d Abbott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe schedules are getting a bit ridiculous; there are 21 Tests in a year next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like my job is to keep putting my hand up, and then when the chance comes, just to go with both hands, and then stay there for as long as I can, because I\u2019m playing for Australia. It\u2019s everything that you train for and want to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abbott has taken 267 first-class wickets and has scored 2,857 FC runs on top of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Test Debut At 33? Veteran Australian Quick Says He\u2019s \u2018Ready\u2019 For Potential Ashes Call-Up Over the last decade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-145067","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\/145067","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=145067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}