Border Gavaskar Trophy: Meet Beau Webster: Australian cricket’s ‘Garfield’

With a bit of uncertainty over ‘sore’ Mitch Marsh’s availability for the Second Pink Ball Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy starting at Adelaide Oval from December 6, the spotlight has been on 30-year-old Tasmanian all-rounder Beau Webster. The six foot five inch tall all-rounder has been named in the Australian squad for the second Test as a likely cover for ‘sore’ Mitch Marsh. The Tasmanian all-rounder, who had scored 938 runs and took 30 wickets in last Shield season, shared how he would get a text from his team-mates terming him as Garfield, in reference to legendary West Indian great Sir Garfield Sobers. The West Indian legend had also played for South Australia in the title-winning 1963-64 season, where he scored 973 runs and took 47 wickets.

“It was pretty special, no doubt. I suppose it’s a little bit embarrassing when you get likened to someone like that. I always get a text from some of the boys around the country if I do well, just the one word: ‘Garfield’. But it’s some good praise and I’ll take it. I feel like I’ve been playing my best cricket in the last two to three years and to bring it all together last year was great to get us into a Shield final. The main goal is to win one of those.” Webster told cricket.co.au on Wednesday.

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