Malan aims to stake World Cup claims

Dawid Malan hope she has ticked a few boxes for England during the last 12 months and is eager to put pressure on Eoin Morgan and the selectors before the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup.

The Yorkshire batsman considers himself a fringe player for his country despite a record of 661 runs at an average of 50.84 in only 15 T20 internationals.

Ahead of today’ s third T 20 I against Australia, Malan said: “It’s been tough. We all know how good the players are that hold those positions.

“Their records over the last four or five years have been fantastic. For anyone to break in, you have to be extremely consistent and win games of cricket for England.

“Hopefully I’ve ticked a few boxes that Eoin, the selector sand coaches want and hopefully I can keep building on this if I get opportunities.”