Harare, Sept. 14 -- Nathan Ellis is desperate to book a ticket to next year's ODI World Cup and Australia's death-overs king is hopeful his new-ball chops can assure him of a berth even with the 'Big Three' quicks back in the 50-over frame.
Ellis was joking when he suggested that group will become the 'Big Four' when Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc joins Josh Hazlewood for three ODIs in South Africa later this month. But the 31-year-old has made a solid case to be considered a white-ball peer to that star trio in his own right - just as Scott Boland has in Tests.
On Australia's tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh earlier this year, Ellis thrived with 13 victims at under 20 from eight matches. The right-armer was already one of T20 cricket's b...