Marcus North will become the Chief Selector of England (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
England cricket team is going to get a new selector soon. The amazing thing is that the selector is not from England but from Australia. According to media reports of England, former Australian batsman Marcus North is soon going to become the selector of England. North was in competition with former England fast bowlers Steve Finn and Darren Gough but North has defeated both of them. Marcus North is going to accept this role soon. Marcus North will replace Luke Wright who stepped down from the position during the Ashes series due to family reasons.
North has played in England for a long time
marcus north Even though he is an Australian player, he has spent a long time in England. This player, who has played 21 test matches for Australia, has played first class cricket for five county teams of England. After this he joined Durham as a director. North has been the director of Durham County Cricket for 8 years. Durham County has made great progress under North’s leadership. Durham is performing well in the current County Championship and the team’s top order batsmen Emilio Gay and Ben McKinney can also make their Test debut.
North has settled in England
Marcus North has been living in the North-East of England for years. In the year 2000, when he played for Gateshead Cricket Club, he met his wife. As well as being a director of Durham, North also worked on Northern Superchargers. He also has a good friendship with Ben Stokes and Harry Brook and it was he who connected Flintoff with England Lions.
Marcus North’s career
Marcus North had scored 1171 runs in 21 Tests at an average of 35.48 in his career. He scored five centuries and 4 half-centuries. In first class cricket, North scored 13764 runs in which 37 centuries came from his bat. This player also scored 9 centuries in List A cricket. North has scored a total of 46 centuries in professional cricket and his runs are more than 20 thousand.
