Josh Hazlewood feels the pitch in Ahmedabad may have a little bit of the whole lot for everybody.© AFP
Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood is anticipating an excellent pitch for the Cricket World Cup last in opposition to India on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Hazlewood performed a vital function in Australia’s three-wicket win over South Africa within the semi-finals. He took the wickets of Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen to assist Australia bowl South Africa out for a below-par whole of 212, together with his workforce chasing down the entire with 16 balls to spare. Citing the instance of Australia’s match in opposition to England on the similar venue, Hazlewood is assured that the pitch in Ahmedabad may have a little bit of the whole lot for everybody.
“I suppose that is the great thing about having so many grounds in a single nation that – from north to south, east to west – they’re all a bit of bit completely different. You adapt your bowling, adapt your batting to these circumstances and we noticed tonight it actually spun and for us it nipped round early. We performed England at Ahmedabad and the wicket was fairly good with out being an absolute flat observe, so I anticipate most likely one thing just like that,” Hazlewood advised Cricket.com.au.
Regardless of suggesting that India have ticked all bins to this point within the match, Hazlewood emphasised that his workforce is greater than able to exploiting the “cracks” similar to they did when the 2 groups met earlier throughout the match.
“I feel they’re all throughout the board actually. They have good quicks, good spinners, good batters in order that they’re ticking each field. I suppose we noticed a couple of cracks once we performed them in Chennai chasing a small goal, we have been fortunate sufficient to get a pair early. However there isn’t any actual weaknesses as we have seen,” he added.
India and Australia had met throughout the group stage final month, with the hosts registering a snug win. However, the Aussies have since produced a exceptional turnaround in kind, successful eight matches on the trot to qualify for the ultimate.
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