Adam Gilchrist encourages ‘hungry’ Alex Carey to keep pounding on the white ball door.

Prior to the Boxing Day Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Alex Carey declared his intention to return to white-ball cricket. The stumper-batter stated that while he was hitting well earlier in the year, a poor patch right before the 2023 ODI World Cup eliminated him from contention. He was part of the opening game in Chennai against India when Josh Inglis came in to replace him in the playing XI. To get back into the thick of things, the 32-year-old is now motivated to put in a lot of effort and improve.

Adam Gilchrist, a former cricket player for Australia, said he has nothing against wanting to return to white-ball cricket. He said that Carey’s red-ball practice won’t harm him or psychologically wear him out, and he thinks it’s great that the cricketer is motivated and wants to play more matches for Australia.

The fact that he has expressed his wish to rejoin the White Ball squad so candidly is something I really appreciate. I fail to see why he would abandon that objective. The way he approaches cricket and trains doesn’t seem to have any impact on his life, in my opinion. It’s not eating into his mental energy and maybe not hurting his Test cricket, in my opinion, because he doesn’t sit at home and worry about it. It’s fantastic, in my opinion. “It won’t be from a lack of trying; he is hungry to play for Australia as much as he possibly can,” Gilchrist stated on Fox Cricket’s The Follow On podcast.

There was justification for the selectors’ choice to start Inglis in the World Cup: Adam Gilchrist

Josh Inglis, who has performed admirably in the major competition in India, received support from the former cricketer. He said that although the selections had done a fantastic job, Carey may have also been useful.

“The selection committee made the right choice by starting Josh Inglis in the World Cup. He had a good role in that World Cup victory. However, Alex Carey would have also performed admirably in that role, in my opinion. Adam Gilchrist stated, “Congratulations to the selectors.”