Aussies Happy Just To Keep On Plugging Gaps
The Cricket Paper|June 14, 2019

BEAT Sri Lanka at the Oval on Saturday, and Australia’s path to the semi-final starts to look somewhat straightforward.

Charlie Talbot-Smith
Aussies Happy Just To Keep On Plugging Gaps

That’s a pretty surprising state of affairs for the defending champions considering the beating they took at the hands of India last Sunday and the fact that they have looked nowhere near their best yet in this tournament.

But we all know the expression about winning when you’re not playing well, and there is a bigmatch experience throughout this Australia side.

On Wednesday, they held off a Pakistan fightback to claim their third win from four and paper over the cracks appearing in their side.

The injury to all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has not helped Aaron Finch as he seeks to find the right balance in his starting XI.

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