Jake Fraser-McGurk has shrugged off criticism he needs to alter his ultra-aggressive approach to opening the batting for Australia. The 22-year-old is preparing for just his eighth match for Australia but is arguably the most-talked about player in the white-ball set-up. After blasting his way to 16 in the first ODI against Pakistan on Monday, Fraser-McGurk mistimed a pull short directly to mid-on for an easy catch.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today It is not the first time he has been out in ugly fashion, with this dismissal triggering a strong reaction from former Australian great Ian Healy . “Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk were playing like schoolyard bullies,” Healy said on his SEN show. “The disregard for the conditions wasn’t good enough.
” But the Victorian, who moved to South Australia for more opportunities ahead of the 2023-24 season, has no plans to change his approach. “The game’s changing and that’s sort of the way we want to play our cricket, take on the first 10 overs,” Fraser-McGurk told reporters in Adelaide on Thursday. “Instead of scrapping to 240-250, which aren’t really winnable scores out here, getting towards more of the high 300s mark is more of a winnable total, we think.
“If we get off to a flyer in the first 10 then that sets up a nice platform for the boys in the middle to get us past those totals.” When Fraser McGurk fires - as he did several times in this year’s Indian Premier League - he is one of the.
