After chasing down the paltry target of 73 runs posted by Namibia inside the first six overs on Wednesday, the Australian cricket team could possibly yield to temptation and take it easy against Scotland in their next group game. The reason? It could make life difficult for the England cricket team, who are currently in a scramble to make the cut for the Super 8 at the ongoing T20 World Cup. At least that’s what Australia’s Josh Hazlewood has implied in a press conference on Wednesday.
However, he stopped short of saying that Australia would actually try to beat Scotland in a slower-than-needed fashion. England are currently in 4th spot in Group B, having accumulated just one point from two matches. Their Net Run Rate is at -1.
800 while Scotland have five points and a NRR of 2.164 with one more game remaining. Advertisement This means that England will need to win their last two games .
But they also have to hope that Scotland lose their final group game to Australia on Saturday. Even if Scotland lose to Australia, England will have to win their last two games against Oman and Namibia by certain margins so that their NRR is boosted. This means that Australia could make England’s job tricky by winning by a slimmer margin against Scotland.
Hazlewood says eliminating England is in Australia’s interest “In this tournament you potentially come up against England at some stage again and...
they’re probably one of the top few teams on their day and we’ve had some real .