Despite recent changes to Australia’s 50-over lineup due to the retirement of important senior players, Tim David has stated that he has no imminent plans to play List A cricket to bolster his case for an ODI recall.
Although selectors think the 29-year-old’s explosive skills could translate to the 50-over format, David is not actively pursuing domestic opportunities to push for selection. Tim David has been a fixture in Australia’s T20 team since 2022.
Ahead of the 2023 World Cup in India, David was chosen for four One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in South Africa while Glenn Maxwell was injured. Even though David hadn’t participated in a List A game since 2021—the year he scored two hundreds for Surrey in the Royal London Cup in England—he was nonetheless called up.
Since his rookie listing with Western Australia in the 2017–18 season, before he represented Singapore internationally, David has not had a domestic contract in Australia and has only played one One-Day Cup match for Tasmania in November 2021. The 2023 ODI remains his final 50-over game at any level.
Tim David is still focused on T20 cricket even though he has committed to two more Big Bash League (BBL) seasons with the Hobart Hurricanes. Following the retirements of Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, and Maxwell, Australia’s ODI team is going through a transition and is looking for new finishing alternatives. Although he has been in talks with personal mentors, David has stated that he currently has no plans to use domestic 50-over cricket to press for ODI selection.
“I’m definitely having background talks about my game right now with my coaches and other people I want to talk to. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure. That isn’t the immediate strategy.
“To be honest, we’ve had a really busy year leading up to this T20 World Cup,” Tim David stated, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.
In fact, this year’s winter seems rather different to me. In the past, I would have spent the winter playing competitions away for four or five months at a time. Additionally, there isn’t much time to think about other things right now because we have so many T20 series. We’ll see how that plays out. However, I don’t currently have any plans,” he continued.
In order to be ready for Australia’s forthcoming T20I trip of the Caribbean, which starts in Jamaica on July 20, Tim David is presently recovering in Perth from a hamstring injury.
Despite missing the playoffs because of the setback, the power batter has been out since suffering the injury during the Indian Premier League, where he was instrumental in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic title-winning campaign, the team’s first.
At first, Tim David was supposed to play for the Hobart Hurricanes in the next Global T20 Guyana competition, marking his comeback to competitive cricket. He won’t be able to start the competition on Thursday, though, because his recuperation has taken a little longer than anticipated.
That was the original goal, particularly when the Hurricanes had a GSL team. Unfortunately, due to the injury and its nature, there would be a limited amount of time available. Even while I’m feeling confident, I definitely have a few things to finish with the CA men when I get to Jamaica before they’re completely at ease. And regrettably, I found it difficult to get up because of the GSL’s recovery timeline,” Tim David remarked.
Australia is preparing for a busy Twenty20 International schedule, which includes a three-match home series against South Africa in Darwin and Cairns after a five-match series in the Caribbean. A three-match ODI series against South Africa will follow this run of eight straight T20Is.
After a three-match Twenty20 International series in New Zealand in early October, the team will host India for five Twenty20 Internationals in late October and early November.
Due to schedule issues with the South Africa series, David, who is still recuperating from a hamstring injury, will not play in The Hundred. But after his recovery is finished, he plans to rejoin the St. Lucia Kings in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Although the teams for the South Africa series have not yet been revealed, Tim David and Mitchell Owen, a teammate of his from the Hobart Hurricanes, are already in the Caribbean. After putting up strong performances in the BBL and Major League Cricket (MLC) for the Washington Freedom, Owen is set to make his T20I debut for Australia.
“Happy to see him leave. He has been performing admirably in the United States. His performance with the Hurricanes last season was evident, and it was an exciting time for him. He’s playing cricket with assurance. And we want to continue supporting that as teammates and people who have witnessed his growth. “What a thrilling moment for him,” Tim David remarked.
Speculation regarding David’s future in the BBL has come to an end as he formally re-signed with the Hobart Hurricanes for the upcoming two seasons. Before the BBL free agency period earlier this year, Tim David was not included in the Hurricanes’ list of the 10 required pre-signed players, which sparked suspicions that he would be on the move. He has underlined, though, that despite the delay in closing the purchase, he was never thinking about leaving.
“The new 10-player regulation is the main cause of the delay. That, of course, only made things a little more difficult to accomplish with all ten of our spots filled. For me, there was no uncertainty. Given that there were media reports claiming that I was leaving and that I was somewhat scheming, there was some degree of confusion. That’s simply the way things are,” Tim David remarked.
You must not share it with anyone. However, during that time, there was constant communication between the Hurricanes and Cricket Tasmania’s decision-makers. It was a little annoying that that was the general story during the finals, even if it wasn’t really noteworthy to me,” he said.
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