The veteran Australian opener fell on 38 runs in the first innings of the second Test match against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday and will play his farewell red-ball game in Sydney starting on January 3, 2024.
West Indies tour of Australia: Australia have announced their Test squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against the West Indies as Marcus Harris returns back to the fold for the Aussies
Australia won the first three matches in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne to clinch the series and retain the Ashes before the teams played to a draw in Sydney.
The left-handed opener Marcus Harris will be continuing for the Ashes despite running through a dry run of patch. "He'll play in the Test, no worries about that", says Australia cricket coach Justin Langer.
Harris talked about India's performance and particularly praised Cheteshwar Pujara for his grit throughout the final Test at The Gabba.
Marcus Harris has been drafted into the starting XI and will open the batting with David Warner at the Gabba in the fourth test starting Friday.
The opener scored just one run over two innings against India in the warm-up game while Marcus Harris was unimpressive as well.
In outstanding form for Victoria this domestic season, Harris was on Saturday drafted into the team after Will Pucovski was ruled out of the series opener alongside David Warner.
Marcus Harris, who is featuring for Australia A in the ongoing warm-up game against Indians, is set to open in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval next week.
Australian opener Marcus Harris talked about the fear of facing the Indian pace trio during the Perth Test.
Harris (79) scored his second Test half-century in the morning session, but was out within three overs on resumption, playing on to his stumps off Ravindra Jadeja.
Hanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma were the picks of the bowlers for India by taking two wickets each on the first Day of Perth Test.
Harris said he is working on his plans to tackle the Indian bowlers at the Perth Test beginning on Friday.
Harris praised the Indian attack for keeping things tight and restricting them to 191 for seven at stumps.
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