{"id":398659,"date":"2024-05-31T08:15:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T08:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=398659"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:04:56","slug":"nine-man-aussies-smashed-after-stoinis-luggage-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=398659","title":{"rendered":"Nine man Aussies smashed after Stoinis luggage disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>W\ufeffhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/person\/marcus-stoinis-25zz\" title=\"Marcus Stoinis\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Stoinis<\/a> arrived in Trinidad in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\" title=\"Australia\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia<\/a>&#x27;s final T20 World Cup practice match against the West Indies, there was another hurdle he failed to overcome.<\/p>\n<p>Stoinis&#x27; luggage didn&#x27;t arrive after a transit mix up, meaning Australia, who were hoping to have 10 men ready to play, were left with single digits again.<\/p>\n<p>It also forced the Aussies to head in with just \ufefftwo fast bowlers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/combat-sports\/boxing-news-2024-tim-tszyu-fight-vs-vergil-ortiz-cancelled-20240531-p5ji9q.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bitter Tszyu blow as doctor calls Aussie&#x27;s fight off<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-2024-news-andrew-johns-exclusive-nsw-blues-blue-mountains-camp-coogee-20240531-p5jia6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Guerilla warfare&#x27; behind surprise Blues move<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/olympics\/games-paris-2024-lisa-weightman-australia-womens-marathon-selection-john-steffensen-exclusive-20240530-p5jib4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Claims of &#x27;sinister&#x27; Athletics Australia play whacked<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hence, the West Indies batsmen took their chances to send a warning to Australia ahead of the competition, which begins next week.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The Aussies managed to to make 7-222 with just nine players allowed to bat.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7dc536e7-5704-4d10-9f62-6df56d8fe494\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7dc536e7-5704-4d10-9f62-6df56d8fe494\" alt=\"Josh Inglis\" data-width=\"5184\" data-height=\"3456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But \ufeffit wasn&#x27;t enough, falling 36 runs short against the Windies.<\/p>\n<p>It was Nicholas Pooran who guided the West Indies to 4-257, headlined by a whopping 18 sixes across the team.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Inglis stood tall for the Aussies, making 55 runs off just 30 deliveries, but it was his bowling teammates who struggled with ball in hand.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"bceb3532-ebba-4a2f-9ce8-1e25ddd531df\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bceb3532-ebba-4a2f-9ce8-1e25ddd531df-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant coach, Brad Hodge was forced to field.\" data-width=\"5184\" data-height=\"3587\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pooran made a mammoth 75 off just 25 balls, headlined by eight of the team&#x27;s \ufeff18 sixes.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Zampa, who hasn&#x27;t played a T20 match, or any cricket since February\ufeff, was smashed for 21 off his opening over.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with figures of 2-62\ufeff, one of his worst performances with ball in hand.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"906079dc-cb65-495c-9e98-d9445b527af3\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/906079dc-cb65-495c-9e98-d9445b527af3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Zampa struggled.\" data-width=\"5184\" data-height=\"3456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This loss came after another disaster practice match against Namibia, where the Aussies were again forced to field with just nine eligible players.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant coach Brad Hodge was also forced to filed in the loss to the West Indies.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Australia take on Oman on Thursday 6 June in Barbados.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>W\ufeffhile Marcus Stoinis arrived in Trinidad in time for Australia&#x27;s final T20 World Cup practice match against the West Indies, there was another hurdle he <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=398659\" title=\"Nine man Aussies smashed after Stoinis luggage disaster\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":398661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398665,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398659\/revisions\/398665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/398661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}