Marcus Harris has the backing of Justin Langer depsite lean run

Marcus Harris will open the batting for Australia in the Ashes Boxing Day Test, according to Justin Langer.
Harris has received the endorsement of his coach despite a poor start to the series.
He has returned scores of 3, 9*, 3 and 23 so far in the campaign, and Harris appeared under pressure for his place heading into the Melbourne Test.
“He’ll play in the Test, no worries about that,” Langer said on Thursday, pointing to Harris’ dominant domestic numbers.
“This is his home ground. He’s played a lot at the MCG.
“He hasn’t made the runs he’d like to so far, but he dominates domestic cricket.
“So he knows that he knows how to play.
“He’s a fantastic bloke around the squad … And we know he’s a very good player.
“For him and for us we’re hoping he plays well and gets a good partnership with Davey Warner in this Boxing Day Test match.”
Langer has equated the pressure that Harris fins himself under with his own lean start to life in the Baggy Green.
“That’s absolutely one of the most important things in life, knowing people have got your back,” Langer went on.
“My experience, when Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Mark Taylor or Allan Border said ‘you’re in the team’, you feel like you feel like Superman.
“You feel like you’re important to the team and Marcus Harris is important to the team.”
Harris and allrounder Cameron Green are the only batters of the Australian top seven not to have made a major contribution so far in the Ashes series.
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Langer, is confident a big innings is just around the corner for the young opener.
“I think an opening partnership is very, very important,” Langer said.
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“We’re really confident Marcus has got what it takes to be a successful Australian opening batsman.
“And what we see in the nets, what we see in domestic cricket all adds up to what is potentially a very good Test career.
“One of the building blocks of a great team is the opening partnership and top three.
“We’re determined to get that right.”