Match Preview – AUS vs NAM 24th Match, Group B, T20 World Cup
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Australia vs in Namibia
Antigua, 8.30pm local time
The Big Picture – Australia pose a tough challenge to Namibia
A number of so-called ‘big’ teams have found the tournament difficult so far – England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s prospects look dim while New Zealand have made a poor start. But MyAustralia, despite their early stumble against Oman, are tracking well after England’s good performance in Barbados.
Form guide
(last five games, most recent first)
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in Namibia LW(Super Over)WWL
Featured: Adam Zampa and Bernard Scholtz
Adam Zampa he is settling into the tournament very nicely after coming off a long break following the Australian season. He has two wickets from both games and was one of the big difference against England when he claimed the dangerous Phil Salt with his first ball. He has developed into Australia’s best white-ball player and is now just four wickets away from becoming their first male player to reach 100 T20I wickets.
Team news: Australia looking for their quickness
Head coach Andrew McDonald said Australia will not look too far ahead and will choose their best XI rather than rotate players for the game, although that could come against Scotland if qualification is to be guaranteed. However, he has left the door open for other fast car managers due to the tight schedule he has in place.
Australia (probable) 1 David Warner, 2 Travis Head, 3 Mitchell Marsh (capt), 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Tim David, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Josh Hazlewood
The only change Namibia have made so far is JP Kotze to Michael van Lingen – both have made the first overs. The balance of their team was slightly thrown out of kilter with Jan Frylinck and JJ Smit unable to bowl.
in Namibia (probable) 1 JP Kotze, 2 Nikolaas Davin, 3 Jan Frylinck, 4 Gerhard Erasmus (capt), 5 Malan Kruger, 6 Zane Green (wk), 7 David Wiese, 8 Ruben Trumpelmann, 9 JJ Smit, 10 Bernard Scholtz, 11 Tangeni Lungameni
Tone and context
The first signs from Antigua’s first game are that it could be a fast-scoring place as Scotland race against Oman. Breeze can play an important role in this area. The forecast is for changeable conditions but there is no major threat of rain.
Quotes
“At one point in the middle, it was difficult without the power play, [and a] challenge with spin. I think it ended up being 28 off 25 balls. But it was an important innings in allowing other batsmen to get where we wanted them to. So, even though it wasn’t the dynamic innings we were used to with Glenn Maxwell, it was a different kind of innings.”
Andrew McDonald in the form of Glenn Maxwell
“I think everyone has been waiting a long time for these last two games against Australia and England. The two previous winners and those are the two teams you want to play and you want to make a mark in those games.”
Bernard Scholtz in the coming challenge
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