Aussies settle on Marsh and Head as T20 openers

Australian white-ball skipper Mitchell Marsh says he will open the T20 batting with Travis Head for the foreseeable future as the team looks for stability at the top leading into next year’s World Cup.

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Australia have had a series of different openers in the game's shortest format since David Warner retired last year, including Matt Short, Glenn Maxwell and Jake Fraser-McGurk.

Marsh will partner Head for the first time in three T20s against South Africa starting on Sunday in Darwin, and said it will stay that way heading into the February World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

“It'll be myself and Heady up the top for the foreseeable future,” Marsh said.

“Obviously we've played a lot together, got a great relationship, so (we'll) start there.”