ST. LUCIA: It’s not usually that Australia are left to cheer for Bangladesh to get a passage right into a semifinal of an ICC occasion. That’s what the Take a look at and the ODI world champions needed to do for the higher a part of Monday after being thrashed by India, solely to seek out that their prayers wouldn’t be sufficient.
It was a disappointment that didn’t appear seemingly to start with of the event — Australia did look one of the crucial balanced outfits until a degree.The primary dip got here towards Scotland in an inconsequential group recreation that they managed to win however come Afghanistan and India on two fully completely different pitches, issues unravelled
very quick for the Aussies.
One of many shocking points of the dual losses was the best way the Aussies dropped catches at essential junctures. Whereas a few missed probabilities and some extra lapses within the outfield harm them badly towards Afghanistan, Mitchell Marsh dropping Hardik Pandya led to India including about 15 additional runs that proved essential ultimately.
Paceman Josh Hazlewood, who bowled decently towards India, tried to clarify the lapses, however you may see that he was struggling.
“I’m undecided what you may put it all the way down to. The blokes are at all times working as onerous as ever on the fielding and coaching. Right here we in all probability didn’t get as many alternatives to work on it as a result of we had been at all times travelling and enjoying. However sure, it hasn’t been adequate for the previous couple of video games specifically,” Hazlewood mentioned.
The truth that video games got here again to again and a slight dip in depth over 36 hours was all that was required for Australia to pack their luggage and go residence. However Hazlewood didn’t need to blame it on the format, saying that it should be cut-throat at this stage.
“It’s not sudden dying straight off however even South Africa, had they misplaced one recreation after profitable six in a row, might have been out. That’s the character of T20. You’ve obtained to be in your recreation every single day that you just flip up. So sure, it’s disappointing,” the pacer added.
The third issue that harm Australia in each the video games was their lack of ability to chase it down on the back-end regardless of reaching positions of some consolation. Whereas towards Afghanistan they wanted 41 runs off six overs with 5 wickets in hand, within the recreation towards India, the asking price was within the neighborhood of 10 within the final 10 with solely two wickets down.
Travis Head, who was making an attempt his finest to maintain Australia alive on Monday, appeared to acknowledge that they misplaced the match-ups between overs 14-17.
“They’ve some good bowlers, they did effectively and sure, we couldn’t capitalize both,” Head mentioned, including that the “feelings are nonetheless fairly uncooked”.
It should stay that method for some time for a crew that’s used to profitable more often than not.
It was a disappointment that didn’t appear seemingly to start with of the event — Australia did look one of the crucial balanced outfits until a degree.The primary dip got here towards Scotland in an inconsequential group recreation that they managed to win however come Afghanistan and India on two fully completely different pitches, issues unravelled
very quick for the Aussies.
One of many shocking points of the dual losses was the best way the Aussies dropped catches at essential junctures. Whereas a few missed probabilities and some extra lapses within the outfield harm them badly towards Afghanistan, Mitchell Marsh dropping Hardik Pandya led to India including about 15 additional runs that proved essential ultimately.
Paceman Josh Hazlewood, who bowled decently towards India, tried to clarify the lapses, however you may see that he was struggling.
“I’m undecided what you may put it all the way down to. The blokes are at all times working as onerous as ever on the fielding and coaching. Right here we in all probability didn’t get as many alternatives to work on it as a result of we had been at all times travelling and enjoying. However sure, it hasn’t been adequate for the previous couple of video games specifically,” Hazlewood mentioned.
The truth that video games got here again to again and a slight dip in depth over 36 hours was all that was required for Australia to pack their luggage and go residence. However Hazlewood didn’t need to blame it on the format, saying that it should be cut-throat at this stage.
“It’s not sudden dying straight off however even South Africa, had they misplaced one recreation after profitable six in a row, might have been out. That’s the character of T20. You’ve obtained to be in your recreation every single day that you just flip up. So sure, it’s disappointing,” the pacer added.
The third issue that harm Australia in each the video games was their lack of ability to chase it down on the back-end regardless of reaching positions of some consolation. Whereas towards Afghanistan they wanted 41 runs off six overs with 5 wickets in hand, within the recreation towards India, the asking price was within the neighborhood of 10 within the final 10 with solely two wickets down.
Travis Head, who was making an attempt his finest to maintain Australia alive on Monday, appeared to acknowledge that they misplaced the match-ups between overs 14-17.
“They’ve some good bowlers, they did effectively and sure, we couldn’t capitalize both,” Head mentioned, including that the “feelings are nonetheless fairly uncooked”.
It should stay that method for some time for a crew that’s used to profitable more often than not.
