Australian pace bowler, Josh Hazlewood, feels there is no urgent need for Australia to sack its ageing playing personnel even after failing to qualify for the semi-finals of T20 World Cup.
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Australia is virtually out of the reach from the last-four chase after their 24-run defeat against India on Monday, and Bangladesh’s defeat against Afghanistan donne they final push over the edge of the cliff. By the time the next World Cup comes around in India and Sri Lanka in 2026, only Cameron Green among those currently in the 15-man squad will be less than 30 years of age, Hazlewood pointed out.
Green, 24 years old all rounder, never got to play a game in this World Cup.
“There might be a couple of changes, but a lot of the guys still play in the franchise cricket if they’re not playing for Australia, so they’re available to be picked,” said Hazlewood, himself 33.
“There’s some class players in our 15, And we’ve got a couple on the bench as well. So, you’d think it’d be an actual slow change. I don’t think there’d be anything drastic,”
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“The guys are always working as hard as ever on the fielding and training and there might not be as many opportunities to work on it around games in these sort of tournaments,” said Hazlewood. “You’re always travelling and playing. So yeah, it hasn’t been good enough for the last few games in particular.”