Bailey welcomes fresh talent in the T20 squad – Cricket News Update
Australia’s T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 has welcomed the injection of fresh talent, young and experienced, into the side ahead of the three-match series against Pakistan, commencing at Dubai, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012.
The Aussies will see the return of veteran all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204, in the remainder of the ODI squad that won the recently concluded three-match series 2-1.
Ex-T20 skipper Cameron White and 41-year-old left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 since October last year, while Hogg came back to the national side this February, after a gap
of four years.
Welcoming the arrival of a string of fresh talent, the Tasmanian top-order batsman said that his focus during the Pakistan series would be on finding a settled batting combination.
"There'll be a nice injection of some energy and enthusiasm into the group," said Bailey while speaking to media reporters on the eve of the first T20 International against Pakistan, on Wednesday. "We'll try to find a settled line-up as
quickly as possible, particularly with the batting," he added further.
Left-arm seamer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, Australia’s star performer in the 2-1 ODI series win over the Men in Green (nine wickets in three games) is likely to be rested for the T20 series opener, suggested the 29-year-old Tasmanian batsman.
"The quick turnaround means we've hardly really spoken about Twenty20 yet. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-c76390 has had a pretty good hitout, so he's probably one we might look to rest early on," Bailey told reporters.
The Pakistan series comes on the heels of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 from September 18, and Bailey said that the outcome of these encounters would set the momentum for the global event.
"These will be really important games against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Any momentum that we can get that we can take into Sri Lanka will be excellent," he added.
Australia, the losing finalists of the previous edition of the World T20, in Caribbean in 2010, have been drafted in Group B, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 in the first stage of the 12-team event. They will open up their World Cup campaign
against Ireland on September 19, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
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