Australia could turf reigning champions England out of the Twenty20 World Cup by resting players for the last group match against Scotland but coach Andrew McDonald insists Australia’s focus is elsewhere. Should England defeat both Namibia and Oman, their hopes of reaching the last eight are likely to hinge on the outcome of the final Group B game between their Ashes rivals and their northern neighbours. Australia’s next match is against Namibia in Antigua on Wednesday morning (AEST) and victory would give the 2021 T20 World Cup champions three wins, assuring a place in the Super Eights play-offs.
However, in typical coaching fashion, McDonald refused to look past that next clash. “We’re not really focused on England and where they’re at. We played them, we’ve moved past them and we’ll do what’s important to us,” McDonald told a media conference.
“We haven’t got the option of talking about that at the moment. Namibia, first and foremost. Adam Zampa and Mitchell Marsh celebrate after Australia took the wicket of England’s captain, Jos Buttler in a 36-run win last Sunday (AEST) Credit: AP “England have clearly got their own work to do in the next couple of games.
“It’s always difficult, you’re always dependent on other results and, yeah, it’s not a nice situation to be in but as I said that’s for them to work through, not us. “We’ve got Namibia in front of us and that’s our focus, not England.” Victory over Namibia would create the ch.