Australia’s stand-in skipper Matthew Wade was disappointed with his team's batting in Bangladesh after they suffered another T20I series loss with a record low score on Monday (August 9).
On Monday in the fifth and final T20I, Australia was bowled out for their lowest ever T20I score of 62 runs after restricting Bangladesh to 122-8 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and eventually suffered a 4-1 series loss – with the same margin they lost the T20I series to West Indies last month.
The T20I series defeat in Bangladesh raised alarm bells for Australia ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, as the showpiece event will be played in similar conditions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman later this year, and Wade admitted spin had caused problems on their recent both tours.
Reacting to the loss, Wade said Australia’s humiliating 1-4 T20I series loss to Bangladesh isn’t “good enough for an Australian cricket team” while admitting there weren't too many positives from their performances in the recently-concluded T20I series.
The veteran batsman further said Australia needs to get better at spin and find ways to score runs in tough conditions as the recent T20I series defeats in West Indies and Bangladesh are a big eye-opener.
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Wade said after the final T20I: “There's not a lot of positives to take out of it, to get beaten in the fashion we did, especially tonight, was not good enough from an Australian cricket team regardless of the personnel we've got here. The reality is we need to get better at spin, myself included. There are a lot of players in this team who need to find a way to score runs in these conditions.”
Hailing the hosts, the visiting skipper said: “(Bangladesh) are a terrific team in their own conditions, their spinners bowled really well, and they still found a way to find the extra runs and that's something we can definitely get better at doing. Whether they came a little harder at the front and that is something we may be needed to do earlier.”
Meanwhile, Australia was without their several first-choice players and regular captain Aaron Finch, and they had to play with a relatively inexperienced squad, but Wade didn’t blame the youngsters’ for the loss, saying they will only learn from the experience.
The stand-in skipper pointed out, “I do not blame the young players one bit. Myself, Moises, Dan Christian, we are all experienced players and we needed to do better. Those guys got the opportunity to experience these conditions and if they take it as a learning opportunity to become better players, as we all should, then at least we've learned something.”
He signed off by saying, “I've played a lot of cricket and they are certainly the most challenging T20 international pitches I've ever played on. What they've seen out here will be very valuable going forward but it's on the senior batting group, we needed to get more runs. If the batters can go back and find a way to get those extra runs in challenging conditions that will hold us in good stead.”
(With Cricbuzz Inputs)
