T20 WC: Marsh Misses Out As Australia Opt To Bat Against Ireland
T20 World Cup: Australia have won the toss and elected to bat in their 2026 T20 World Cup campaign opener against Ireland here at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. Travis Head is captaining Australia for the match after Mitchell Marsh missed the encounter due to injury. After winning the toss, Australia captain Travis Head said, Yeah, there have been a couple (niggles), unfortunately. Marsh copped a blow at training a couple of days ago, and no ones been willing to massage it out for him. So hes the unfortunate one. The rest is the same. We should have a couple of boys back for our Pakistan series. But yeah, its a strong team, and were looking forward to it. We spoke as a group, probably 18 months ago, about a 19-block game series leading into this. So weve looked at those 19 games as a block. The Pakistan series didnt go our way, but weve got an opportunity now. Weve been playing some really good cricket over the last 12 to 18 months, and that becomes important in a tournament like this, he added. After losing the toss, Paul Stirling said, We would have batted as well, to be honest. Look, the games come thick and fast. We havent had much time to train things through. So its about a fresh start again. There were some obvious errors that well try to cut out today. Having played here in our last game, knowing the conditions hopefully works to our advantage. From our perspective, I think it does. We dont take anything away from the Australian side, but knowing the conditions and how the pitch might react probably gives us a slight edge. We've gone with the same side, he added. Playing XIs Having played here in our last game, knowing the conditions hopefully works to our advantage. From our perspective, I think it does. We dont take anything away from the Australian side, but knowing the conditions and how the pitch might react probably gives us a slight edge. We've gone with the same side, he added. Also Read: Live Cricket Score Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, Benjamin Calitz, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys Article Source: IANS
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