Ashes 2017/18: 5 players who could have been picked ahead of Shaun Marsh

Callum Ferguson

Ferguson continues to be amongst the runs

The 32-year-old batsman has played just one Test for Australia and considering the vacancy at the No.6 spot, Callum Ferguson would have thought his chances of adding to his solitary Test appearance in 2016 might have been high. Especially considering the fact that he is the fourth-leading run-getter in the Sheffield Shield so far this season with 343 runs at an average of almost 70 with a century and a fifty to his name.

Ferguson is also a seasoned campaigner in the first-class circuit, having played over 100 matches and scored nearly 7,500 runs at an average of almost 40 with 17 centuries and 38 half-centuries.

However, despite a bright start to the season for South Australia, he has once again been overlooked in favor of Marsh, who has an inferior record and is definitely not in the greatest run of form.