Bailey emphasizes on continual improvement following emphatic 3rd T20I win – Cricket News Update
Following his team’s emphatic win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480, reckons that the steady improvement made by his side throughout the series will prove crucial when they begin their World T20 campaign.
The tourists romped to an emphatic 94-run victory last night at the Dubai International Stadium, finally proving their mettle as one of the strongest outfits in the shortest format. After being humbled in the opening game, and narrowly failing to take the series into a decider, the Aussies still managed to put in a resolute display in the dead-rubber, led by their destructive opening duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558.
Both men added a record stand of 111 for the first wicket, dealing mostly in sixes before the work was carried forward by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Maxwell-c60189. Despite the Men in Green bowlers fighting back in the latter overs, a target of 169 was always going to be tough on a slow pitch.
The reply started poorly as the home side slumped to 19 for 5 before eventually getting bowled out on 74, their lowest total in T20I. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bradley-Hogg-c59047 returned with economical figures of 1-11.
And according to Bailey, the mammoth victory puts the Australians in a positive frame of mind and at an advantage, going into the World T20, despite the eventual unfavourable series result. It remained their second most comprehensive T20 International win, the two W’s came to the party, while the young bowling guns showed capability of carrying the attack forward.
"We have worked really hard, particularly over the last week, so to get the reward of a victory and see that the things we are working on are actually coming to fruition, I think that's really important for us," Bailey said. "So we will take a lot out of it, a lot of confidence for sure. While the series was important, the continual improvement throughout the series was probably more important."
The Aussies will play their first match of the mega-event against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 on September 19.
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