{"id":406246,"date":"2024-06-25T20:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406246"},"modified":"2024-06-25T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T22:05:14","slug":"missed-call-burns-aussies-in-shock-world-cup-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=406246","title":{"rendered":"'Missed' call burns Aussies in shock World Cup blow"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffustralia's exit from the T20 World Cup<\/a> has turned the attention back on selectors, with two key omissions coming back to haunt the tournament heavyweights.<\/p>\n

Following losses against Afghanistan and India during the Super Eight stage, the Aussies will now head home after missing out on a spot in the semi finals.<\/p>\n

Prior to the event, the decision to leave young gun Jake Fraser-McGurk<\/a> out of the squad raised plenty of eyebrows, instead sticking with the experienced David Warner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The decision ultimately did not pay off with a trophy, but according to former Test captain Mark Taylor<\/a>, that was not the call from selectors that should come under scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Wide World of Sports, Taylor reiterated his stance that Steve Smith<\/a> should have been included, claiming that the Aussies missed his calming presence in tough conditions.<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

"I still think Australia should have picked Steve Smith and I thought that when they first left him out of the squad," he said.<\/p>\n

"If you look at the Afghanistan game, when you get a slow, turning wicket as they did, I would want Steve Smith in my side. He has the tools to play well in those conditions more than most players in that Australian side, if not all of them.<\/p>\n

"That's where I think Australia missed out. Smith batting anywhere from four to seven would have been better than the players that we had on a slow, turning wicket.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"If you get those sorts of surfaces, you want players who are good batters and not just necessarily good hitters. That's why I reiterate that I would have had Steve Smith over other players, because you don't know what you're going to get when you're away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

\ufeff"With the Fraser-McGurk and Warner thing, I think that was a 50\/50 call. You could have gone either way and mounted a good case either way on who should play.<\/p>\n

"I don't think that made a lot of difference."<\/p>\n

Smith was overlooked for the squad, with the likes of Marcus Stoinis and Tim David both earning selection and playing a role in the middle-order for the Aussies.<\/p>\n

As for the country's best young talent in Fraser-McGurk, his future in the national team is seemingly inevitable but according to Taylor, he still has some work to do if he wants to emulate the retiring Warner as a three-format superstar.<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

\ufeff"If you look back to 2009, David made his debut at the MCG playing T20 cricket against South Africa," he said.<\/p>\n

"Everyone earmarked him as a short-form cricketer, but he tightened up his five-day play and became a very good Test cricketer. It's certainly possible, but I'm not sure at this stage that Fraser-McGurk has got the Dave Warner defence in him.<\/p>\n

"If he wants to be a Test cricketer, that's something he will have to work on."<\/p>\n

Fraser-McGurk made his debut for Australia last summer and looks to be a tremendous white-ball asset with bat in hand, but averages just 18.96 in his first-class career to date.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old has been a standout for the Melbourne Renegades<\/a> and is expected to feature for the Aussies at the next ODI World Cup in 2026. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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