Someone like a Dave Hussey would've taken charge and put us past 150 easily.
Convenient to say, but I can recall a lot of times where he played badly or dropped anchor and failed to get moving. In the last couple of years, he barely turned up at all. There was a beatup when he got dropped at the World T20, but it was justified.
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It was a weird game for a few reasons. There was a serious lack of boundaries and only one guy in the whole game managed to smash the ball through midwicket. So it seemed really hard to hit across the line, probably because the bounce wasn't quite true, as Dilshan exemplified. But batsmen had to hit over the top somehow. Warner hit straight and got a few loose ones to put behind square, which is good value when the boundaries are shorter down the ground. Nevertheless, the straight hit is 70m, so a batsman does need some confidence to go at it.
I think Finch just played a shot and got out. It's not really bad cricket in T20 because we saw the bigger danger to the team is to spend too long at the crease without scoring.
With Marsh, as Warner said in the presser, he likes to get set and then go. The problem is that the more good fast bowling he has to face, the longer it takes. The wicket wasn't flat enough to blunt the new ball on its own and the quality of the quicks held up. Kula and Malinga bowled perfectly. To give Marsh a chance to do what he actually does well, he probably shouldn't bat up the order at all. Down the order is the only time he looks dangerous in ODIs.
The really funny thing about Voges' innings was that he managed to play Malinga and Kulasekera slightly better than Warner did; Warner instead capitalised on Perera and Mathews. He could also handle that sneaky Mendis. Starting against Mendis was a real problem for Voges, but he wouldn't be the first.
All in all, I think it apart from bowling and fielding, where they showed good skill, the Sri Lankans had a better plan to get boundaries, more inclined to loft while hitting through the line, even if not for too many sixes. The Australians would probably feel that it's not necessarily something that would always work at any Australian ground, that you've got to employ the big cow-corner slog to get the distance; although T20 boundaries are generally a long way in from the fence.
, retain doherty, drop hussey & hogg, continuously ignore players like nannes, hodge & o'keefe - it should be no surprise at australia's ranking in world t20s.
