North Sound (Antigua) Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has expressed confidence that his players will "stand up in the big moments" following criticism of their sloppy play against Scotland in their final group match of the T20 World Cup, in which the former champions lost half a match. dozen catches.
Australia will face Bangladesh in their Super Eight match here on Friday and the focus will be on their field after a lackluster show against Scotland in which Marsh himself dropped three catches.
Even though Australia won by five wickets, his reputation took a bit of a beating and Marsh raised his hand in admitting the mistakes. "Obviously it wasn't our best effort on the field. I think I missed three of the catches, so I'm taking the brunt of it," he said during a media interaction.
"But what we talked about is that we have a lot of confidence in our group. We had a bad night on the field and this group loves to stand up in big moments and everyone starts now, so I have a lot of confidence in the group" Marsh added.
Marsh has struggled with a hamstring injury he suffered during the Indian Premier League in April, forcing him to return home for rehabilitation. But the captain said if the need arises, he will be available to share the bowling workload.
"I will be available to bowl. With the lineup we have, I don't necessarily see the need to bowl, but it is very important in this format to have options and we are blessed with a lot of those," he said.
"Physically, (I) feel good. It's always nice to have a little break from bowling and I often joke about that, but yes, (Marcus) Stoinis and I often talk about it as multi-talented people: we love being in the "How "I said before, it's really important in this format with some of the teams facing us to have as many options as possible."
Marsh said he would gain a lot of confidence from the unbeaten 177 he scored against Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup in India last year.
Australia had recorded an eight-wicket win against Bangladesh, chasing 307 with 32 balls to spare and Marsh doing most of the power-hitting.
"It's a good memory, but this is a different format in a different country and in quite different conditions. It was a beautiful week in Pune (ODI World Cup match against Bangladesh), but we are obviously looking forward to the challenge of playing against Bangladesh, that's for sure," he said.
“We are very proud of the way we have done to get to this point and there are a lot of good cricket teams left in this tournament, so we are certainly excited to get started in the Super 8s.”
Australia will face Bangladesh in their Super Eight match here on Friday and the focus will be on their field after a lackluster show against Scotland in which Marsh himself dropped three catches.
Even though Australia won by five wickets, his reputation took a bit of a beating and Marsh raised his hand in admitting the mistakes. "Obviously it wasn't our best effort on the field. I think I missed three of the catches, so I'm taking the brunt of it," he said during a media interaction.
"But what we talked about is that we have a lot of confidence in our group. We had a bad night on the field and this group loves to stand up in big moments and everyone starts now, so I have a lot of confidence in the group" Marsh added.
Marsh has struggled with a hamstring injury he suffered during the Indian Premier League in April, forcing him to return home for rehabilitation. But the captain said if the need arises, he will be available to share the bowling workload.
"I will be available to bowl. With the lineup we have, I don't necessarily see the need to bowl, but it is very important in this format to have options and we are blessed with a lot of those," he said.
"Physically, (I) feel good. It's always nice to have a little break from bowling and I often joke about that, but yes, (Marcus) Stoinis and I often talk about it as multi-talented people: we love being in the "How "I said before, it's really important in this format with some of the teams facing us to have as many options as possible."
Marsh said he would gain a lot of confidence from the unbeaten 177 he scored against Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup in India last year.
Australia had recorded an eight-wicket win against Bangladesh, chasing 307 with 32 balls to spare and Marsh doing most of the power-hitting.
"It's a good memory, but this is a different format in a different country and in quite different conditions. It was a beautiful week in Pune (ODI World Cup match against Bangladesh), but we are obviously looking forward to the challenge of playing against Bangladesh, that's for sure," he said.
“We are very proud of the way we have done to get to this point and there are a lot of good cricket teams left in this tournament, so we are certainly excited to get started in the Super 8s.”
