West Australian all-rounder Mitch Marsh says he’ll be ready to bowl as many overs as Pat Cummins needs against India this summer despite not bowling in WA’s Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania and missing the ODI series with Pakistan.

In the lead into the second game of the shield season, the hulking power-hitting stated he would look to bowl in the four-day clash at the WACA to start building his loads ahead of the West Test in late November.

However, he went unsighted at the crease with fellow all-rounder Aaron Hardie providing the handful of overs Marsh was potentially pencilled in for as the three-time reigning champions scored an important home victory.

Marsh reiterated to Channel 7 on Sunday that he’d be ready to fill any hole he is needed for.

“My bowling hasn’t really been spoken about for years, and all of a sudden, Greeny goes down, and now my bowling is the most important facet of my game, apparently,” he said.

“But I’ll build towards that first Test and I’ll bowl as much as Patty needs me to bowl if required. I feel like the numbers over the last few years aren’t what I’d like but it is an important part.”

Australian coach Andrew McDonald is also backing Marsh to be ready to bowl but doesn’t expect him to shoulder a significant bowling load.

“I wouldn’t call it a significant bowling load that we’d be asking him to perform, but I think he can contribute. There’s no doubt about that,” he told the ABC.