Matthew Hayden
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Podcast Appearances
This is the role of confidence, right?
So he's dropped in the last game, comes back in and plays in the evening of this match in what virtually was going to be the semi-final for Australia.
And then you've got Sean Abbott also in the dugout.
And you've got Ben Dwarcious as well.
And you've got Cooper Connolly, for example, who's picked as a bowling all-rounder in conditions which Sri Lankan players relish.
I mean...
If you don't have a spinner, that can be a front-line spinner.
And this is the mistake that England made.
And when you think back to your winning campaigns, what did that really look like from an England point of view?
And what did it look like from an Australian point of view?
I mean, we've got Lyme, we've got Warne.
Swan was magnificent, wasn't he, when he came out to Australia on the first tour?
And these decisions, they're very much based on...
The eternal roles that players over time play.
And a spin bowling unit is something that's so critical to this format of the game.
Adam Zampa had an off night.
Well, that was in particular, right?
His first over, I think who was on strike, was Kusar Mendes.
And he dragged his first ball down, disappeared out through mid-wicket region.
tried to come back in the over, did so okay, and then dragged his last ball down.