Australia Betting – T20 World Cup
Up until 2021, the T20 Cricket World Cup hadn’t been good a experience for an Australian side so used to doing well at ODI World Cups, which they’ve won it on five occasions.
The best they had to show for their efforts in the T20 WC was a runner-up spot in the 2010 edition, losing to England.
But they went on to win the 2021 World Cup, held in the UAE, as an extremely unfancied side with little pedigree in the competition and on the back of indifferent results leading up to the competition.
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Best Odds for Australia to Win
At odds of 4.0 with Betway, Australia are the outright favourites to win the T20I World Cup.
If they were to do so, they’d become the first-ever side to defend their title, the first to win on home soil and only the second team to win the World Cup twice, after the West Indies.
Their short odds are justified.
They’ve got some excellent players on board, results have generally been good over the past year and they always thrive at home on bouncy wickets and with fervent home support.
They won’t be easy to beat.
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Australia’s T20 World Cup Performance
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Semi-finals |
| 2009 | Round 1 |
| 2010 | Runers-up |
| 2012 | Semi-finals |
| 2014 | Super 10 |
| 2016 | Super 10 |
| 2021 | Winner |
Australia’s World Cup Performance in 2021
Little was expected of Australia when they faced South Africa in their opening match of the 2021 World Cup.
They beat the Proteas in a low-scoring, getting to their target of 119 with just two balls to spare.
Next up was a clinical chase of 155 against Sri Lanka, followed by a heavy defeat at the hands of England, who restricted them to just 125 and chased it with over eight overs to spare.
They then thrashed Bangladesh to crucially improve their net run rate before defeating a poor West Indies side.
They finished alongside England and South Africa on four wins from five games but with a better net run rate than South Africa, made it to the semis, with Temba Bavuma’s men crashing out.
In the semis they were pretty fortunate against Pakistan.
Fortunate that they got to chase in a tournament where batting second was a major advantage.
They also found a somewhat unlikely hero in man-of-the-match Matthew Wade, whose incredible 41 off 17 allowed them to recover from a batting collapse; Marcus Stoinis and David Warner were also good with scores of 49 off 30 and 40 off 31 respectively.
In the final it was old foes New Zealand they were up against.
Set 173 to win, they were fortunate to chase once again and this time it was Mitch Marsh with an unbeaten 77 seeing them home after a fine 3/16 with the ball from Josh Hazlewood.
David Warner, who had come into the tournament in poor form, was voted Player of the Tournament after being the second-highest runscorer with 289 runs, including three fifties.
Australia’s World Cup Performance in 2016
2016 was yet another year of disappointment for Australia at a World Cup. They had a good-looking batting line-up with Shane Watson, David Warner, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell providing plenty of power and experience.
But their bowling always looked a bit suspect with their best bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins absent and in the end that’s what cost them. The batsmen just about did their bit but the bowlers just couldn’t win any games on their own.
They were up against it in the Group Stages after losing to New Zealand in their first match but bounced back to beat Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In their final Group match they needed to beat hosts India to progress and batted first. They wasted a good start to post a somewhat competitive 160 and were in the game after a couple of early wickets. But a big partnership from Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni put an end to all that as India won comfortably in the end. Australia were out.
Australia since 2016
The famous ‘Sandpapergate affair’ of 2018 saw Steve Smith sacked as captain in all formats including the T20 one so from 2018 onwards it’s been Aaron Finch who’s been in charge of the side. Suspensions to Smith and David Warner as a result of the scandal robbed them of two of their best players for a year but both have since returned, albeit with limited success.
Over the last four years, they’ve played 40 T20 matches, winning 22, losing 16 and having two no results in there. They’ve been good at home, winning 10 of their 16 matches on Australian soil and crucially, have been good in India, as well. Over the past four years they’ve played 10 times out in India and won five of them, losing four, with a no result.
This is the first time that Australia can take their star fast-bowling trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to a T20 World Cup after all three missed out last time.
Australia facts
Here are some cool facts about Australia and their performances at the T20 World Cup.
- Have never had a no-result at a T20 World Cup.
- Josh Hazlewood is currently the Number 1 T20I bowler as per the ICC Rankings, with Adam Zampa sixth.
- David Warner sits sixth for most runs in T20 World Cups with 762 from 30 matches.
- Matthew Hayden (2007) and Shane Watson (2012) have finished as Top Runscorer at T20I World Cups in the past.
Australia World Cup Squad
| Player | Batting | Bowling style |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Finch (c) | Right | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Pat Cummins (vc) | Right | Right-arm fast |
| Ashton Agar | Left | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Tim David | Right | Right-arm off-spin |
| Josh Hazlewood | Left | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Josh Inglis (wk) | Right | — |
| Mitchell Marsh | Right | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Glenn Maxwell | Right | Right-arm off-spin |
| Kane Richardson | Right | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Steve Smith | Right | Right-arm leg break |
| Mitchell Starc | Left | Left-arm fast |
| Marcus Stoinis | Right | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Matthew Wade (wk) | Left | Right-arm medium-fast |
| David Warner | Left | Right-arm leg break |
| Adam Zampa | Right | Right-arm leg break |
Australia’s Squad Talking Points
When Australia experimented with Cameron Green as a makeshift opener in the absence of David Warner against India, they can’t have expected him to go as well as he did.
He scored 61 in the 1st T20I and 52 in the 2nd, both with sky-high strike rates. The problem? Green wasn’t in the original squad meaning they’ll have to leave someone out if they decide to draft him in.
The ‘smart’ option would be (to leave out) Steve Smith who shouldn’t be in the team to begin with but that’s unlikely to be the case because of how well he’s regarded.
They also have an issue with the form of captain Finch but there’s enough batting to make up for that if he misfires.
Captain: Aaron Finch
The last couple of years have been a struggle for Finch, the batsman, though.
But as skipper, he was the man who delivered Australia their first World T20 title despite not getting many runs himself.
An uncomplicated captain and a good leader of men, it would be no surprise if he also retires from T20Is at the end of the World Cup, irrespective of how Australia fare.
Key Player: Josh Hazlewood
Two years ago Josh Hazlewood was seen very much as a specialist Test match bowler who who bowled a classic short-of-length delivery just outside off stump time and again.
But he worked hard at his game in T20 cricket, developing variations while keeping his accuracy intact.
Bowling mostly at the beginning of the innings and then either around the 15th over or at the death, he’s become a prolific wicket-taker, boasting an excellent economy rate.
And it’s perhaps no coincidence that in 2021 he was the only player to have been part of the T20 world Cup winning side (Australia) and the IPL winning side (CSK), such are his contributions.
Game-changer: Tim David
David’s rise to being an integral part of Australia’s T20 side has been as quick as it’s been unusual.
Other than appearing for the Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash, he hasn’t played any cricket in Australia at all.
Instead, he started off representing Singapore at international level, while playing T20 cricket at domestic level for first RCB and then Mumbai in the IPL, Lancashire and Surrey in the T20 Blast, St Lucia in the CPL, plus two teams in the PSL.
He’s also played for Southern Brave in the Hundred.
A huge and powerful man, he’s a hard-hitting Number 5 or 6 who can clear any boundary with lofty blows and is currently striking at over 160 in just over 130 T20 matches.
But he’s surely here to stay and Australia won’t be able to resist playing him, such is his ferocious hitting in the death overs.
Australia World T20 Analysis
It’s a quirk of the T20 World Cup that no team has ever won it on home soil but Australia could change all that.
After years of struggling with the right balance, conditions and not always picking the right players, this is surely the strongest squad of players they’ve ever had.
Always a sign of a good team, the difficulty is knowing who to leave out.
They’re blessed with excellent all-rounders in Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell and Mitch Marsh who provide good balance and they have in Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc two of the very best T20 fast bowlers.
But they need to get their team selection right.
You could already argue that skipper Aaron Finch is a bit of a passenger in the side but they can’t be playing Steve Smith, as well. His record isn’t good enough in this format.
If they get their XI right, they can blow teams apart with the ball and score freely on wickets they love.
Anything worse than a runner-up spot would be considered a failure.
Strengths
- Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc a very strong opening partnership with the ball.
- Always boast high standards when it comes to fielding.
- Home conditions will suit them both in terms of batting and bowling.
- Lots of bowling options thanks to the presence of several all-rounders in the side.
- Won the 2015 ODI World Cup the last time they were on home soil.
Weaknesses
- It would be a huge mistake if they carry on playing Steve Smith, far from being a T20 specialist.
- The form of captain Aaron Finch with the bat is a big concern.
- Coach Andrew McDonald is inexperienced at international level.
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