Matthew Hayden’s damning thoughts on Australia World Cup exit
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What are Matthew Hayden's thoughts on Australia's T20 World Cup exit?
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Very delighted to say that we've got on Test Mat Special here for the first time in this tournament. legendary Australian opener and broadcaster who's here with the world feed, Matthew Hayden, alongside Atif Nawaz. And we just want to talk about Australia and their woes in the T20 format at the moment. It's stunning, the world of cricket at the moment, that Australia have had such a poor tournament. But perhaps, Hayden, it hasn't surprised you.
The hope lies in Ireland. Would you have ever heard an Australian talking about that as well? Yeah, there's been some woes. I mean, the reactions back home, the mood, if you like, of the nation has been rather heavy because I think we've been sold down the stream a little bit in terms of our selection and how we've gone about preparing for this World Cup. It actually sort of smacks, to be fair, a little closer to home, a little shot across the bows closer to home. It sort of smacks of England and their question in the Ashes preparation. This kind of self-fulfilling prophecy that kind of we're OK and things are... No, don't worry. It's a... A healthy mix of denial and maybe even just mismanagement. So if you go right back to a selection case, it's not like these World Cups aren't scheduled ahead of time.
Australia have obviously been a little bit... Gesumpt by these late injuries. Cummins, obviously, an enormous loss. And also Hazelwood that you'd have to say is right up there in the top five Premier Fast Bowlers across T20 format. In fact, I'd go as far as to say ever since he was managed by Dhoni at CSK, he's had a real uplift of the way that he's approached T20 cricket. But look, every nation has got these problems and Australia, it's not like their cupboard of talent is bare. Old Mother Hubbard has produced wonderful cricketers in Australia for many years and we know we enjoy coming to countries like Sri Lanka and we just haven't prepared for what we've seen. We've picked power hitters in finesse-type conditions
We have picked finishers. You know, when I'm looking at these, what do you call this?
Like Tim David at number four, for example.
Well, no, I'm looking at this, not a run sheet, it's a team sheet. I'm looking at the team sheet and I'm thinking, OK, we've got Cooper Connolly at eight and a front line striker. option with the ball in conditions which Sri Lanka would just relish. Someone like Cooper Conley and his inexperience to lengthen our batting. Cameron Green didn't damage the scoreboard again with the ball yet picked as an all-rounder. Tim David, I think, is the best finisher in good batting conditions. I don't think there's any better than him. Look at the way that he finished off RCB in the IPL last year. He was magnificent. But these surfaces, they're way trickier than that. You have to start. And you have to be able to manipulate...
the strike in conditions which are going to be holding, if not just turning a fraction. Marcus Stoinis with the ball is not going to have that kind of threat that we know and appreciate Australian bowling lineups to have. Always we're full of bowling as a general rule. You know, so it's really who we haven't got here. You know, Smith coming in late to the equation, I would have argued in these conditions. Had we have started in India, I've got no problems with Steve Smith's handling of this World Cup. But because it's here and he does have that ability and we've seen the role of batting units.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are Matthew Hayden's thoughts on Australia's T20 World Cup exit?
0:00–7:19
2
How has Australia's team selection impacted their performance?
7:19–13:57
3
What injuries have affected Australia's T20 World Cup campaign?
13:57–24:18
4
What role does player confidence play in cricket performance?
24:18–30:25
5
How does Australia's approach to T20 cricket differ from other formats?
30:25–36:59
Speakers
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