Twelve months after their moment of glory, the champion Australians face a daunting task: a T20 World Cup guide

Australia is back to defend their championship at home less than a year after raising their maiden Twenty20 World Cup trophy high into the Arabian sky.

Australia will host the eighth edition of the competition for the first time since it began 15 years ago.

Along with the West Indies, the Australians are minor favourites to win back-to-back championships, but they will have their work cut out for them if they hope to replicate their triumphs from last November in the United Arab Emirates.

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With extremely good teams travelling to Australia, England and India are in the running to end 12- and 15-year T20 World Cup droughts, respectively.

Additionally, it’s impossible to completely exclude out teams like Pakistan, South Africa, and last year’s runner-up New Zealand, particularly the latter two, which are still searching for their first T20 championships.

The first round of the 2022 competition got off last Sunday in Geelong and Hobart.

The final four Super 12 positions are up for grabs, with Group B’s Ireland, Scotland, West Indies, and Zimbabwe competing against Group A’s Namibia, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, and UAE.

The top two teams from each group advance to the World Cup’s second round.

The eight teams that automatically qualified for the Super 12 stage were Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Super 12 stage starts on Saturday.

The remaining 12 teams are divided into two groups of six, and each group’s opposing team gets to play the other team once.

The top two teams from each Super 12 group advance to the semi-finals after each club has played its five round-robin matches and a winner will be announced on November 13 in the championship game at the MCG.

The West Indies are the most successful team in competition history, winning twice in three occurrences between 2012 and 2016.

However, the Windies are fighting just to make it to the Super 12s after suffering a stunning upset loss to underdogs Scotland on Monday, much alone dream of an implausible third title.

The other significant upset to date occurred in the first game when Namibia shockingly defeated Sri Lanka by 55 runs.

However, the Sri Lankan team bounced back on Tuesday with a crushing 79-run victory over UAE to restart their campaign.

Australia, India, England, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan are some other former victors in addition to the West Indies.

This year had the lowest gap between tournaments since the 2009 and 2010 competitions in England and the Caribbean, respectively, were separated by just 10 months, after experiencing the longest gap last year (five years, 2016–2021).

SUPER 12 GROUPS

Group 1: Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Group A winner, Group B runner-up

Group 2: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Group B winner, Group A runner-up

UPER 12 FIXTURES (all times local)

Sat, Oct 22: Australia v New Zealand, SCG, 6pm (Group 1)

Sat, Oct 22: Afghanistan v England, OS, 7pm (Group 1)

Sun, Oct 23: Group A winner v Group B runner-up, BA, 3pm (Group 1)

Sun, Oct 23: India v Pakistan, MCG, 7pm (Group 2)

Mon, Oct 24: Bangladesh v Group A runner-up, BA, 3pm (Group 2)

Mon, Oct 24: South Africa v Group B winner, BA, 7pm (Group 2)

Tue, Oct 25: Australia v Group A winner, OS, 7pm (Group 1)

Wed, Oct 26: England v Group B runner-up, MCG, 3pm (Group 1)

Wed, Oct 26: Afghanistan v New Zealand, MCG, 7pm (Group 1)

Thu, Oct 27: Bangladesh v South Africa, SCG, 2pm (Group 2)

Thu, Oct 27: India v Group A runner-up, SCG, 6pm (Group 2)

Thu, Oct 27: Pakistan v Group B winner, OS, 7pm (Group 2)

Fri, Oct 28: Afghanistan v Group B runner-up, MCG, 3pm (Group 1)

Fri, Oct 28: Australia v England, MCG, 7pm (Group 1)

Sat, Oct 29: New Zealand v Group A winner, SCG, 7pm (Group 1)

Sun, Oct 30: Bangladesh v Group B winner, Gabba, 1pm (Group 2)

Sun, Oct 30: Pakistan v Group A runner-up, OS, 3pm (Group 2)

Sun, Oct 30: India v South Africa, OS, 7pm (Group 2)

Mon, Oct 31: Australia v Group B runner-up, Gabba, 7pm (Group 1)

Tue, Nov 1: Afghanistan v Group A winner, Gabba, 2pm (Group 1)

Tue, Nov 1: England v New Zealand, Gabba, 6pm (Group 1)

Wed, Nov 2: Group B winner v Group A runner-up, AO, 2:30pm (Group 2)

Wed, Nov 2: Bangladesh v India, AO, 6:30pm (Group 2)

Thu, Nov 3: Pakistan v South Africa, SCG, 7pm (Group 2)

Fri, Nov 4: New Zealand v Group B runner-up, AO, 2:30pm (Group 1)

Fri, Nov 4: Afghanistan v Australia, AO, 6:30pm (Group 1)

Sat, Nov 5: England v Group A winner, SCG, 7pm (Group 1)

Sun, Nov 6: South Africa v Group A winner, AO, 10:30am (Group 2)

Sun, Nov 6: Bangladesh v Pakistan, AO, 2:30pm (Group 2)

Sun, Nov 6: India v Group B winner, MCG, 7pm (Group 2)

Wed, Nov 9: Semi-final 1, Group 1 winner v Group 2 runner-up, SCG, 7pm

Thu, Nov 10: Semi-final 2, Group 2 winner v Group 1 runner-up, AO, 6:30pm

Sun, Nov 13: FINAL, SF1 winner v SF2 winner, MCG, 7pm

ODDS

Australia $3.75

England $4

India $4.25

Pakistan $8

South Africa $8.50

New Zealand $11

Sri Lanka $34

West Indies $67

Afghanistan $81

Bangladesh $251

Scotland $501

Netherlands $501

Zimbabwe $501

Ireland $1001

Namibia $1001

UAE $2001

This maverick made a fool of every Aussie pathway. Now he’s our $1.5m World Cup ‘godsend’

Any young cricketer gets told to keep the ball down.

“You can’t get caught if you hit the ball along the carpet,” the old saying goes.

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Well, Tim David breaks every rule in the game – and it is what has seen him come from the clouds to break into Australia’s XI for the T20 World Cup and force Steve Smith out of the side.

“Well, I was comparing mine to Smudge’s the other day, so his is obviously quite closed but mine bat face is open – it helps me hit the ball in the air,” he told Fox Cricket ahead of Australia’s third and final T20 against England.

“It just feels normal for me, but it’s quite open.

“It helps me hit the ball around the wicket. Some guys hold it differently but that’s my way.”

Welcome to the modern era of cricket, when sixes are the new standard of exchange for cricket franchises.

David, 26, has not yet participated in a first-class match but has in many ways taken a similar path to becoming famous as David Warner, who shot to fame after crushing Dale Steyn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Soon after receiving a baggy green, Warner made his imprint against the red ball by carrying his bat against New Zealand in Hobart, entering a select group of cricketing greats, within a year.

David is a “godsend,” according to Warner, probably Australia’s best T20 specialist and the player who reached 5,000 runs in the Indian Premier League the quickest.

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