Former pacer Brett Lee believes David Warner is in excellent form, ‘underdog’ Australia set to get their first ICC t20 world cup Title this time. But for this, Australia will first have to beat strong contenders Pakistan in the second semi-final here on Thursday.
He wrote in a column for the ICC, “After almost a month of action, it comes to the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2021 in five days, four teams and three matches. And I think it will be Australia’s year.” could.” “England are the favorites from here but I believe in the Australia camp and I think there is some real momentum there. Everything is clicking nicely ahead of Thursday’s semi-final against Pakistan.” Lee said he had confidence in Warner’s ability to get back into form and held talks with him ahead of the tournament.
“I was talking to David Warner before it started and told him ‘I put you down to be Australia’s leading run-scorer, so don’t let me down!’ I did it on the belief that he is a big match player, a big tournament player and that hasn’t changed.” Aaron Finch has found some form, Mitchell Marsh is hitting the ball well and Glenn Maxwell is good. Will.”
In the run-up to the World Cup, Australia had lost five consecutive series, losing against Bangladesh, West Indies, New Zealand, India and England.
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Lee feels that coming down in the tournament has helped Australia a lot.
“They have been the underdogs in this tournament and going under the radar has really helped them. “When you go as one of the favorite players like England, with their history and success, it instills confidence but also expectations. “If England doesn’t make it to the final after beating New Zealand, people will be asking the same questions as India, which started slowly and didn’t reach the summit at the right time.” The four semifinalists deserved their places at the business end of the tournament. “I think we have the right four teams in the semi-finals and it is interesting to note that only one of them is from the sub-continent. We thought of conditions that would favor people like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan but their It didn’t happen for that.”
He observed that the unexpected success story so far for Australia in the tournament was how the batsmen handled the spinners. “One of the major reasons for Australia’s success is how they have used spin. With the bat, we have had some great players of spin and they have shown in this tournament, but the bigger weapon is Adam Zampa,” wrote Lee.
“His form turning the ball has been crucial and Australia have adopted a different T20 style with him. First, the way was to always try to score 170-odd and then try to get the teams away at a faster pace. But they know they can’t do that in the UAE and introducing a big spin element has helped a lot.” Lee advised the Australian players to enjoy the moment.
“The advice I would give is to enjoy it. Enjoy how far you have come. Focus on the strength, and the strength for all four teams is that they have done the basics far better than the other teams. T20 Cricket is about match winners, big runs and big totals. But it’s also about one cent moment,” he said.
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“Australia is experienced in these conditions. Some of these boys won the 2015 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and then reached the semi-finals four years later, and it matters a lot in those pressing death situations. “If you’ve been there and done it, whether you won or lost, you would have learned from that experience and playing under that pressure.”
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