While the 2018/19 Big Bash League (BBL) is going to start very soon, the 28-year-old Australian opening batsman D’Arcy Short wants to return to his big knocks during that tournament.
Playing for the runner-up Hobart Hurricanes in the last season, Short finished as the leading run-scorer in the BBL tournament. Scoring 572 runs in 11 matches in 2017/18 BBL with the average of 57.32, Short earned a big opportunity to play for the national team. At First, he made T20I debut and then he made ODI debut.
Short started his international career in a very positive way but soon it has faded away as he is struggling seriously to play the big knocks in international cricket. However, Short doesn’t feel that he is out of form with the bat; he just feels that it wasn’t working in the game at present moment.
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The left-handed batsman is hopeful to return to the big scores during the upcoming 2018/19 BBL, starting on December 19.
Short told the reporters, “I definitely didn’t feel out of form. I was hitting them quite well in the nets and working quite hard on my game in the nets. It just wasn’t really working in the game. I sort of went OK in the last game, it was definitely a step in the right direction. I just have to keep working on what I’m working at. The next thing is to score runs in BBL and hopefully go from there.”
After failing to impress in the recently concluded three-match home T20I series against India, Short is now focusing on the upcoming three-match home ODI series against India, starting on January 12.
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In the recently concluded four-day warm-up game against Indians at Sydney, Short appeared for Cricket Australia XI and played a good knock of 74 runs off 91 balls (11 fours). After the Indians were bundled out on 358 runs in their first innings, Short had a 114-run opening partnership with his partner Max Bryant (62).
Speaking of that knock, “It was good to get some runs. It was so much fun batting with Max. Just the care-free attitude he has, it probably rubbed off on me a little bit. We just went about our business and had fun – and kept stirring each other a bit. There was no talk of reining it in.”
