The Australians will arrive in Adelaide on Monday ahead of an extra twilight training session where the likes of Marnus Labuschagne will get the chance to be reacquainted with the pink ball.

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“Yeah, he’s a special player at the moment,” Tasmania’s Jordan Silk said of his state teammate Webster.

“Any time I feel like we’re in trouble, I feel like I can throw him the ball and he just seems to be able to create something, or any time we’re in similar trouble with the bat then he’s able to dig us out of it. He showed his class this game.

“I know there’s a bit of talk probably around him potentially as a back-up all-rounder, and I’m very supportive of that move if they are to go that way because I think he’s shown in the last 18 to 24 months that he’s one of the best Sheffield Shield players currently.”

Silk, who has seen Webster up close over the past two years, where he has vied with the likes of Cameron Bancroft for the best record among domestic players, spoke warmly of his ability.

“He’s basically playing as our third seamer and top-six batter which is a pretty good luxury to have in our side,” Silk said.

“He’d probably say it was one of the best career moves of all-time to give up his dirty offies and go to seam bowling because it’s now looking like it could open many more doors for him.

“I think he’s gained the respect of the competition with those seamers, and that probably took maybe a year or two for people to really see that.”

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Marsh has carried an ankle problem for the past few years and has had surgery for the issue, but he struggled in the face of the quick turnaround from first to second innings in Perth.

“Has he pulled up OK? We’ll wait and see,” head coach Andrew McDonald told reporters following Australia’s Perth loss.

“We knew that Mitch [Marsh] was slightly underdone coming in, but I thought the performance in the first innings was satisfactory.”

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