Aatif Nawaz

But they didn't play any of the T20 cricket other than the Big Bash until they went over to Pakistan and were washed in that series, 3-0 by Pakistan in Lahore.

That was their only real sort of international prep for this World Cup.

Just based on just listening to you there, you feel like there hasn't been a lot of thought put into it.

There hasn't been a lot of preparation and data applied to what it is they need to succeed in these conditions.

Is it fair to sort of question how much Australia values T20 cricket?

Just seems to me, just discussing it all and listening to you, Haydos, is that like sort of depth and sort of the choosing of the talent for the right conditions is a bit of an issue at the moment, the muddling of approach and tactics.

There's been sort of a lot discussed about Indian investment into the Big Bash and Australian cricket in much the same way as they've invested in the 100 in England.

Do you think that will help in any way in terms of broadening the talent pool or helping to identify who the next big stars for Australia can be that can influence T20 tournaments in different conditions?

Because I think a lot of teams struggle when they go away from home and play in conditions like this outside of the Asian subcontinent.

But other than that, when you're traveling to different parts of the world, you often lose.

There's so many teams like India who found a way to be consistently successful overseas, and even they lose.

a lot of games as well when they're travelling.

So what do you think the role of that investment could be if India does invest into the Big Bash and sort of make it a privatised thing, a bit like the 100 in England?

And do you think that would be a good thing for Australian cricket?

Is there a role that sort of governance and administrations have to take in this as well?

Because I think there's this narrative that comes out about players and like you're just playing.

How much money do you need?

How many leagues do you want to go and play in?

But is this more that, you know, a board like Cricket Australia needs to be doing to...

incentivize playing for Australia, overtaking leagues, league contracts, lucrative league contracts.