Hobart: Australia has a pleasant selection headache ahead of the next Test against the West Indies with a decision on who to play between in-form Shaun Marsh and returning Usman Khawaja, captain Steve Smith said Saturday.
Marsh posted his highest Test score of 182 in a record fourth-wicket game-changing partnership of 449 runs with Adam Voges in Australia's crushing innings and 212-run win over the Windies in Hobart on Saturday.
This followed his crucial second innings knock of 49 to help Australia beat New Zealand in the first-ever day-night Test in Adelaide late last month.
Marsh came in as an injury replacement for Khawaja who scored centuries in the first two Tests against the Kiwis before suffering a hamstring problem which forced him out of the last two Tests.
Khawaja was named Saturday in a 13-man squad for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which offers selectors a vexed decision between the pair.
"I'm sure his (Marsh) form gives selectors a few headaches. I think that's a great thing," Smith said. (Steve Smith Confident for Boxing Day Test Despite Niggles)
"I thought Shaun played beautifully throughout this Test match.
"Adam Voges and him certainly changed the course of the game. It was three for 120 and the game was in the balance and those guys put on a terrific partnership and really set the game up for us." (Smith to Miss Opening Two Big Bash League Matches)
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