Tim David rules out ODI plans for near future despite vacancies in Australian middle-order
Australian big-hitter Tim David has reaffirmed his commitment to T20 cricket by dismissing plans to play List-A cricket until next year's T20 World Cup. The 29-year-old exclusively plays in T20 leagues around the world and has represented Australia in four ODIs, all in a solitary series in 2023.
Tim David has no plans to give up the globetrotter lifestyle in the search for multi-format representation for Australia as he eyes a return to competitive cricket after recovering from a hamstring injury. The 29-year-old has represented his country in 54 T20Is and played in over 200 games for franchises across 10 leagues, spending most of the year on assignments abroad. In contrast, David has only played 20 List-A games in his career, four of which came for Australia in a five-match ODI series against South Africa in 2023. That was the last time the batter played a professional 50-over game too, failing to find a spot in the eventually victorious World Cup squad and not holding a domestic contract with any state team in Australia.
However, the retirement of Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, and Glenn Maxwell after the 2025 Champions Trophy has left the Men from Down Under nearly 400 ODIs short in experience in the middle-order. Given David has been a core member for a good three years, the veteran is likely to gain preference should he push for selection but David has made clear he has no such plans anytime soon.
"Definitely having conversations in the background with my coaches, and people that I want to talk to about my game at the moment. I'm not too sure, to be honest. It's not the immediate plan. We've got such a busy year, to be honest, leading up to this T20 World Cup. The winter actually looks quite different for me this year. Previously, I would have been away for four or five months in a row over the winter playing competitions. And now we've got so many T20 series that there's not much time to think about much else. So we'll see how that develops. But, at the moment, no plans," David was quoted saying.
Australia are slated to play as many as 16 T20Is until the end of 2025, with the T20 World Cup scheduled for February next year. David had initially planned to play for his Big Bash League franchise Hobart Hurricanes in the Global Super League beginning July 10, but an injury sustained while fielding for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League means his next outing would be against the West Indies in the first of five T20Is on July 2021.
"Initially, that was the plan, especially once the Hurricanes had a team in the GSL," David said. "Unfortunately, the injury and just the nature of it [meant it] was going to be a pretty tight time schedule. And I've probably got a couple of things that I need to tick off with the CA guys when I get over to Jamaica just before they're fully comfortable, but I'm feeling confident. And unfortunately, just the timeframe of what those recoveries look like, it was tough for me to get up [for the GSL]," David revealed.
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