After Australia’s thumping 36-run win over England in the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, former cricketer Nasser Hussain said that it was a complete team performance from Mitchell Marsh’s side. Aussie spinner Adam Zampa was named the ‘Player of the Match’ after the 32-year-old bagged two crucial wickets in his four-over spell. Speaking on Sky Sports, Nasser said the Aussies outclassed England in the 17th match of the marquee event.
The former England skipper said that Australia’s 201-run knock in the first inning was too much on Kensington Oval’s pitch. “Australia outclassed England, it was a complete team performance. A total of 201 was too many on that pitch, even with that short boundary,” Nasser was quoted by Sky Sports as saying.
The 56-year-old added that England’s decision to bowl Will Jacks in the first inning has backfired on the English side. Jacks bowled for just one over in the match and gave 22 runs. “The decision to bowl Jacks backfired but I didn’t like how they were too slow to go to their slower balls and cutters.
I saw them obsessed by blowing away opposition with pace and I think it was a pace-off pitch and they didn’t adapt quickly enough,” he added. Former England cricketer Michael Atherton also gave a similar statement and said that Jos Buttler’s decision to bowl Jacks was odd as the 25-year-old is inexperienced. “I thought the decision to bowl Jacks was odd on a couple of counts, as England have gone.
