Priyanka Tiwari
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Matthew Short, the opening batsman for Australia, who got injured in the match against Afghanistan is likely to miss the Champions Trophy semi-final against India or New Zealand. Short scored 20 runs in 15 balls in the abandoned match which was affected by rain. Azmatullah Umarzai sent him to the pavilion. Australian captain Steve Smith spoke about Matthew Short on the Australian Associate Press.
The destructive batsman will be out injured.
Australian captain Steve Smith said, “It is my belief that he (Matthew Short) is currently not fit enough. We could see that he was struggling with his movement. If healing in time for the next game is challenging for him.” The aggressive batsman Jack Fraser McGurk may get picked in the Australian team, although he has not done well in the last two ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Aaron Hardy could be an alternative option as well. Australia’s all-rounder Aaron Hardy can be an option too. Australia might meet either India on Tuesday in Dubai or New Zealand on Wednesday in Lahore. This can only be determined after the last group game between India and New Zealand. As we know, on Friday the very important Afghanistan versus Australia Group B match was cancelled. Ever since the inconclusive Afghanistan Australia game, Australia has marched through to the semi finals of the Champions Trophy.
Australia in the semi finals. It is true to say that Australia has qualified for the semi finals. These sides should have played out the match, but rain caused an award of stumps. In response to a chase of 274, Australia started their innings well and were batting at 109 for 1 in 12.5 overs. Using proper ventilation, the staff of the ground was unable to clear the pitch after the perimeter had been flooded. As the uhires looked at the condition and covered pitch, they abandoned the contest. The above events occurred one hour prior to the cut off time appointed mid match. Certainly, Australia finished up in the semi finals. Australia gets through to the semi finals with 4 points to the total of table.
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