3 possible replacements for Steve Smith as a Test captain

Mitchell Marsh

Ever since winning the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, the younger Marsh brother, Mitchell Marsh, has been always touted as the future captain of Australia. If Cricket Australia are looking for the right time to appoint Mitch as the skipper, then they won't get a better chance than this.

Mitch, who missed a majority of 2017 due to an injury, returned to action in November, led Western Australia to glory in the JLT Cup and was given a shocking recall to the Australian Test side for the third Ashes Test. He silenced his critics by scoring 181 in the third Test and went on to score yet another ton in the fifth Test in Sydney. He is also one of the very few Australian batsmen who looked at ease during the ongoing tour in South Africa.

Now that he has sealed his place in the Test side, and keeping the future of Australian cricket in mind, this is the right time for him to take over the captaincy.