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Australia need a miracle to make the T20 finals.And that's a injury riddled out of form Sri Lanka beating England.
We needed to dismiss Afghanistan for under 119 runs to get ahead of the Poms on the NRR.Our game went down to the wire,lol.
When you look at the big 4 countries in this tournament.England,South Africa,NZ and India.
They look miles ahead of us Aussies.There faster in the field, tactically better,have more bowling+batting options.We are slipping behind the better sides.
The coaching of the side and the players attitude towards the coaching.Needs to be looked at to stop our decline.
This could move into the test areana with a young hungry West Indies.And a possible Ashes mauling.

With the likes of Ronald McDonald coaching, a hopelessly out of form Fatty Finch Captaining & the ol hypocrite woke climate crusader himself Cummins how could it have possibly gone all wrong? LOL

I think a few guys can be moved on. I don't think we have chosen the right players to start with and on top of that the team always seems unbalanced. I think we should be picking our players exclusively from our domestic T20 scene and based on who has done well in that comp. So maybe Ben McDermott and Josh Phillipe get a look in (and others doing well) and move Finch and Warner on. Maybe Wade too or move him up the order. Stoinis should be moved down the order or even moved on completely for young Cam Green. Playing all 3 of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood in a T20 side seems a bit much. Kane Richardson may be the wrong Richardson and maybe look at Michael Nesser. Batting and bowling at the death in this tournament has been ordinary by the Aussies to say the least.

I was actually hoping that Afghanistan would snatch it because they played a smart game and only that collapse in the middle cost them dearly. Like everyone else other than the selectors I just could not fathom the non selection of Starc, he was the one bowler capable of getting a 5 for in a hurry and bowling Afghanistan out which is what they needed to do. Even though he has been expensive, he is still a wicket taker and his replacement went at 12 runs an over anyway. All this is pretty consistent with the muddled thinking that has characterised this campaign.
In the first half of the game, Maxwell excepted, Australia batted like headless chooks, Warner, Marsh and Stoinis threw their wickets away after promising starts. Just needed one of those guys to stay there with Maxwell and they would have got 190.

Like you mikeh, I kind of wanted Khan to get his side over the line at the end.....that to me would of been the wake up call or cull Aust T20 format needed....even if Eng win or lose, the consensus of those involved in the Aust T20 set up, will probably say injury, rain and ill luck were responsible for Aust WC effort. 

BH, not sure JL would of picked a different squad to one selected at this tournamt TBH....especially since its only been 12 months since that out of the blue T20 WC success. As for Starc's non selection....well he was part of the attack that had Ireland 5/25.....then coughed up 30 runs from his last 12 deliveries......to me Richardson was a like for like replacement for Starc.....both went at 10 plus an over and took a couple of wickets against a reputed minnow side.

A cull is needed, out with the old and in with the new......or young.....Totally agree Cummins is not a T20 bowler.....but to call him "woke"?......the guy busted his gut in scorching conditions, bowling some big overs on  flat tracks in Pakistan, to get his side over the line.....and does it regularly at the test level.....and no doubt will be required again v SA and next year in India. 

Crazy last day of the qualifying round in the T20 World Cup.
It's started with the huge upset . Neitherlands Vs South Africa.
Who have crashed out of another , international Cricket tournament.
This leaves the winner of Pakistan Vs Bangladesh.As the group two qualifyer ahead of the RSA.
Bangladesh batted first and scored a reasonable 170 runs.Pakistan in response are 0-43..Babar still at the wicket but struggling to score runs.

Bangladesh only made 127 gtr? Great win by the Dutch.....just goes to show at this format anyone can beat anyone TBH......gee the Saffies are a nightmare team to support at these knockout comps.....9 times out of ten they would beat the Dutch... .just choked today big time......again!

If the Sri Lankans could have scored another 20 runs it may have been enough to see Australia sneak into the semi final although they certainly didnt deserve to be there. India v New Zealand final I reckon

If Pakistan could get their act together with the bat Mike I reckon they could actually win the comp especially with their bowling attack of express pace bowlers- Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf & Mohammad Wasim and then wicket taking leg spin of Shadab Khan plus Iftikhar Ahmed as back up!

Australia don't have another 20/20 series for another 9 months now so there is a perfect opportunity to rebuild the team for the next world cup in 2024. How about the next team in August 2023 looks something like this:

Josh Phillipe
Josh Inglis (WK)
Mitch Marsh (C)
Ben McDermott
Marcus Stoinis
Glen Maxwell
Cam Green
Ashton Agar
Jhye Richardson
Nathan Ellis
Adam Zampa 

Out go Warner Finch, Hazlewood, Cummins and Starc. Hazlewood and Kane Richardson would come in to the squad as extre pace bowlers. One of the biggest mistakes that Australia made in the recent tournament was not using Agar more in tandem with Zampa, The only time Agar played was in Perth and he went for 6 an over. He should be a permanent fixture in the team.