Australian squad for the T20 world cup 2024 Mitch Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
No real surprises. if anyone has been following the IPL you would be aware that Head, Stoinis and Cummins are doing well, Mitch Marsh and Warner are injured,.Green and David are playing regularly but not setting the world on fire, Maxwell and Starc have had very ordinary tournaments and Ellis and Wade are not playing much for their teams.
I suppose the major talking point is the non selection of Fraser- Mcgurk who is lighting up the IPL at the moment. The fact that he bats in the top order and that Warner, Head and Marsh are more or less established as the top 3 counted against him. The other omission is that of Steve Smith whose skills have been pretty much superseded by the way the T20 game is going. The IPL this year has been a complete 6 fest and teams have regularly scored over 200 and up towards 300 in some cases. It is actually a bit boring because apart from a few games there is no genuine contest between bat and ball.
Teams will be stacking their batting line ups with power hitters and there is no place for anyone who doesnt bat with a strike rate of at least 150.
What a boring and unimaginative side for the upcoming T20 WC. Stoinis is currently batting 3, and won’t bat that high if plays in the WC.
Warner can’t even get an IPL game because of Fraser-McGurk, yet the latter doesn’t get picked but the former does in the squad.
Starc is getting pumped by all n sundry in the’IPL and.magically that will some how all change in the T20 WC?
I am a Green fan, but he ain’t a T20 player, wasted pick TBH…so is Agar, who is well n truly cooked. Would love to eat humble pie, but seriously don’t think I will.
How stiff is Matt Short to miss out? 541 runs at 60 in the last BBL with a strike rate of over 150. A very handy spin bowler as well. Hardie would have been a better bet than Green or Stoinis IMO and they have stuck with the SHC bowling cartel instead of looking at the form BBL bowlers in Bartlett, Johnson and Dwarshuis who all took 17 or more wickets, average in the range 14-16 and economy rates in the 7rpo range which is pretty decent in todays T20. Starc has been going at almost 12rpo in the current IPL.
Yep another team based on reputation and past performance rather than current form, but hey who I am I to argue with the selectors and coach. The results speak for themselves in past ICC tournaments
No Shaun Abbott,Matt Short,Jason Berendorf+ Fraser Mcgurk the in form IPL batsman.
Another selection blooper like the last T20 WC.Hazlewood,Starc,Warner ,Captain Woke ,Agar are wonderful test +,ODI players.But theirs better T20 options.
Another example of puppet master Cummins.Pushing Ronald McDonald strings.
bastardised game that is hard to watch now with all the crap that is included in the price
nothing to see here but at least we know that our new opener is in the room
other news is Pucovski is up against the quacks and I hope they put the young fellow out for a while
talk about poor coaching how no-one has rectified this walk across the crease straight into short pitched bowling is way beyond me
In relation to Pucovski, I think the only option is for him to do the same as Angus Brayshaw and call it quits. Its very sad because he is a prodigious talent who could have been a 100 test player for Australia but health is the priority here and the young man needs to consider that he wants a quality of life when he is older that being hit on the head continually will not give him.
Southerner, you said it mate. there are so many batters out there that have no technique against good fast short bowling. Pukovski would have been a bunny facing the likes of Holding Garner Croft, Marshall, Willis etc back in the days. They would have lined up to knock him out and try to kill him
This years T20 world cup is really Indias to lose but then again we have said that before and they have failed to deliver consistently. They just seem to have so much talent that is currently being showcased in the IPL and the wickets in the USA and the West Indies will suit their batsmen and bowlers.
Other contenders will be the West Indies on their home tracks, Defending champions England ( although I’m not sure about their bowling attack), New Zealand are always competitive and Australia always seem to lift for ICC events even though their team has a distinctly “Dads Army” look about it now. South Africa also might give a bit of cheek given they have some pretty destructive batters led by Klassen.
Obviously only a warm up - but the WI clean sweep SA 3 - 0 in their recent T20 clashes.
Looks like Head and Maxi head into the champs in great form…Head making 3 ducks in his last 4 IPL innings…with two golden ducks in the IPL finals…as for Maxi, well an average of 5 in the IPL this season says it all in regards to his current form…though Starc found sone form in the finals, after being smashed during the qualifying games…so there is always hope I guess.
Warner 54 not out off 21 balls in a warm up game this morning, albeit against Namibia. Hazlewood 2-5 and Zampa 3-25 off their 4 overs. They only had 9 of their squad available so apparently George Bailey and one of the assistant coaches had to deputise in the field!
Great to see the USA beat Pakistan last night, great for the development of the game in the states and cricket as a whole. Oman pushed Aust all the way the other night as well. The pitches are providing a greater challenge than the IPL pitches fir the batsmen…which is great to see.
England will be desperate to win the Aust match, after their 1st up match v Scotland was washed out…saying that the Scottish were doing well after 10 overs, being 0/90 odd.
Very interesting first week or so of this tournament. There have been some unexpected results and we see the possibility of two associate nations (USA and Scotland) qualifying for the Super 8s ahead of Pakistan and England.
South Africa and Australia have already qualified, India will probably join them tonight, Afghanistan are looking very dangerous with their 3 pronged spin attack which is perfectly suited to the conditions. New Zealand will have to beat the West Indies tomorrow to stay in the tournament. Sri Lanka are already cooked and Bangladesh will be sweating on their game against Netherlands to keep their hopes alive
The Aussies are sitting pretty and they will have the fate of England in their hands when they play Scotland on Saturday. That would be a very pleasureable prospect for them. Of course they are not going to throw the game, you don’t mess with form but they may be tempted not to go hell for leather chasing a target either to ensure that Scotlands net run rate stays ahead of Englands. They may also play Agar, Green and Inglis to give them a run. Of course this assumes England will thrash Oman and Namibia first which they should do.
Any more wash outs or no results means the Poms are going home early anyway
not really an admirer of the concept but the scores have been quite low compared to what was expected
the New York pitch has been called unfit by a couple of well known ex-players and looking at some footage it’s on the mark
and there’s been upsets which will see some big guns going home with empty pockets
SA , Aust & WI look assured already probably Scots & Afgans are in too
About time the bowlers got a look in, in the T20 format, great to watch. Aus, India, SA, and the WI all qualified for the next stage…with Afghanistan, Scotland and the USA on the cusp…with Pakisan and Eng not dead n buried just yet.
Be interesting to see if Aust take a more measured approach v Scotland, protecting Scotland’s NRR some what, when the two teams play. Obviously Aust will be looking for the win, but how they do it and if it helps Scotland more than England…well so be it.
With England absolutely thumping Oman and bumping their Net Run Rate above Scotland in the process, and assuming they do likewise against Namibia, the only way the To and Froms could miss out on qualifying for the Super Eight stage is if Australia lost to the Scots.
Yes, upsets do happen, but if Scotland did knock off the Aussies, I think the ICC would do some serious “digging” given the earlier speculation about NRRs.
The only other factor is the weather ADGM. If either game is washed out, Scotland get through. England would be happy that none of the games are in Florida which is in the middle of a cyclonic weather pattern
Pakistan lost to USA, so I reckon thats fair enough. Dizzy Gillespie is going to lose the rest of his hair coaching this mob.
Nepal came within one run of having a public holiday in Kathmandu. They so nearly got over the line against South Africa but the experience of the professionals just got them home.
It is hilarious the way some American reporters are describing the games. When India comfortably chased down USAs 110 with 7 wickets and a few overs to spare, an American reporter stated excitedly that the US had narrowly lost the game 111-110 as if it was a basketball match!