Australia have already qualified for the next stage of the T20 World Cup after thrashing Namibia,but their final group game could still decide the fate of one of their main rivals.
Mitchell Marsh’s side should atone for unscrupulous stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s by playing their strongest XI against Scotland.
The first big heavyweight match of the Twenty20 World Cup failed to live up to the billing but there was some niggle involving the Australian wicketkeeper.
At times in England,following his stumping of Jonny Bairstow,Alex Carey was reluctant to venture out in public. With limited contacts among the England team,he became an overnight Ashes villain;a role he’s learned to live with.
Australia’s immediate debrief in the aftermath of the controversial Jonny Bairstow stumping and a flurry of abuse in the Lord’s Long Room,is revealed by the latest season of the Amazon Prime documentary.
They admired his skill and sometimes were taken aback by his sledging. How Jimmy Anderson was seen through Australian eyes.
The pace ace’s record-breaking 22-year international career will finish at Lord’s in July,which means one of Australia’s great Ashes adversaries will not feature at next year’s series.
Nathan Lyon believes Australia would have won the 2023 Ashes series 4-0 if he hadn’t broken down with injury.
Daniel Worrall,a former Sheffield Shield quick best known for a crude sketch in 2014,could become the first player in 125 years to represent both Australia and England.
BBC correspondent and former England player Jonathan Agnew says “it’s sad” the game now refers to all players as batters.
Just as Achilles had his heel,it is the one area of his game – his life? – wherein Ben Stokes is not his positive and proactive self:when he starts a Test innings against spin in India.