A little over nine months ago, Marsh was the apple of Australia’s eyes. A herculean maiden Test hundred (181) on comeback at his home ground in Perth in December last year helped him repay the faith selectors had shown in the all-rounder’s ability and another Ashes century in Sydney (101) at the beginning of this year was the icing on the cake.

“For me, I would want to spend some time in the middle to bat.”

Marsh has already captained Western Australia and with the leadership opportunity coming his way for the A series, his name has come up again as a potential captaincy candidate for Australia in Steve Smith and David Warner’s absence, who are both serving their year-long bans for ball tampering.

“I have had some captaincy experience with Western Australia back home,” Marsh said when queried about his captaincy ambitions. “It’s not saying that I tend to think about it too deeply [but] if the opportunity arose, I’ll grab it with both hands.”

But Marsh knows it’s something beyond his control. “But ultimately, that’s out of my hands and I’ll just try to be the best captain I can be here, and [I’m] really looking forward to captaining in these conditions, which is something I don’t experience much playing at the WACA every second week. It’s going to be a whole new experience for me.”