Australia’s dedication to England in ICC t20 world cup The ‘Super 12’ game in Dubai has left one of the country’s legends, Shane Warne, demanding a wholesale change in the team.
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Disappointed by the eight-wicket loss, the spin magician took to social media to criticize the team’s selection, saying Australia “need to change the team”, adding that poor strategy and tactics let the team down.
Australia could score only 125 runs on the board with Chris Jordan taking three wickets – captain Aaron Finch (44), Steve Smith (1) and Pat Cummins (12) – while Chris Woakes had the dangerous opener David Warner for one run. . And also took the prized wicket of T20 specialist Glenn Maxwell (6).
In reply, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler single-handedly propelled his side to victory, scoring an unbeaten 71 off 32 balls, ending the competition in 11.4 overs.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, the spin wizard said, “Disappointing selection from Australia to take out (Mitch) Marsh and (Glenn) Maxwell to bat in the power play (he should always come after the power play). (Marcus) Stoinis should have gone in. Poor strategy and tactics from the Aussies. I love (Steve) Smith but he shouldn’t be in the T/20 team. Should be (Mitch) Marsh!!”
Warne also praised the brand of cricket played by England, saying, “Proper T/20 cricket from England! Australia will hopefully learn how to play it after they have faced the Poms. Pakistan and England are showing that. How T/20 cricket is played. Australia needs to change its mindset as well as the team’s style of play!!!”
However, Australian captain Aaron Finch did not agree with Warne’s argument that it would have made a difference if Mitch Marsh had been included in the team before Smith. Finch also defended his decision to send Maxwell into the powerplay.
“Maxwell going into the powerplays, when you only have six specialist batsmen, you are backing your top six to get the job done, so there is no problem there. Maxi (Maxwell) has done very well in the past; If he’s destructive like anybody when he goes through the powerplays, then that’s fine,” Finch said.
“And Smith instead of Marsh, it’s just subjective, isn’t it. Everyone has a different opinion on it, and that’s okay. We thought we picked a team to win the match (against England).”
Australia has never won the T20 World Cup, while both England and Pakistan have been in great form to win the title. England won the T20 World Cup in 2010.
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