2012 World T20 - Australia's performances - An Overview – Part I
Despite going into the 2012 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 Championship at the back of a comprehensive T20 series defeat against Pakistan, the George Bailey led Australian cricket team defied all odds to reach the tournament semi-finals, before being ousted by the eventual champions West Indies.
The mighty Aussies were placed in Group B alongside Ireland and West Indies in the latest edition of the marquee tournament. After finishing the group stage unbeaten, Bailey and Men were drawn in Group 2 in the Super Eights stage, along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and South Africa.
After comprehensively beating India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in their first two Super Eight fixtures, the Kangaroos faced a 32-run crushing at the hands of Hafeez and Men in the final encounter, but managed to proceed to the tournament semi-finals as group leaders by virtue of their superior net run rate.
Australia’s hopes of making a second successive World T20 final were shattered by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 and men, who knocked them out with a 74-run thrashing.
Given below is a match-by-match overview of Australia’s 2012 World T20 campaign:
7-wicket win Vs. Ireland:
The mighty Aussies opened up their World Cup campaign with a comprehensive seven-wicket win over the semi-professional Irish outfit, at the R Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, on September 19, 2012.
With Australia ranked just above http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 on ICC’s World T20 rankings, the match was being anticipated to be a closer one. But Shane Watson’s impressive all-round performance ensured it was a one-sided affair between World’s best side and the minnows.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 was the second best with the ball with figures of 4-0-20-2.
In reply, the explosive opening duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135, the Queenslander continued mauling the Irish attack. Watson reached his half-century in the 10th over, off just 28 balls, plundering three sixes and five fours.
By the time Watson holed out in the 11th over – run out off Johnston’s direct hit – the game was all but over in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 finished off things for them in a style in the 16th over.
Watson was adjudged as the man of the match for his impressive all-round show.
17-run win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 (D/L method)
Despite chasing an intimidating total of 191 for 8, set by the Chris Gayle led West Indies batting line up, George Bailey’s men won the rain curtailed Group B fixture by 17 runs under Duckworth Lewis method.
After opting to bat first, the Jamaican duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 struck whirlwind half centuries to help the Caribbean contingent post a mammoth total on the board in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
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