Australia's Josh Hazlewood said knocking England out of the T20 World Cup would be “in not only our best interests but everyone else's best interests” after they beat Namibia.
australia They chased down Namibia's first innings total in just five overs and four balls. They remain unbeaten in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday.
Adam Zampa took 4-12 from 4 overs as they advanced to the Super 8 with one Group B match remaining.
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Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton discuss what England's T20 World Cup hopes look like now after defeat to Australia.
Australia's final Group B match against Scotland in St Lucia on Saturday could now decide England's fate, and captain Jos Buttler knows they will need to beat Oman and Namibia in their remaining group matches.
“In this tournament you will potentially be facing England again at some stage and, as I said, they are probably one of the few best teams on the day – T20 cricket.” Hazlewood said.
“If we can get them out of the tournament, it’s probably in our best interest as well as everyone else’s.
“It’s a weird thing to say. I’ve never been in this position before as a team. I don’t think so. Either we debate it or we don’t, or we just try to play the way we did tonight. Again, that’s me. “It’s up to the people.”
What are your future plans?
Australia's final Group B match is against Scotland in St Lucia on Sunday at 1am (BST), while England play Namibia in Antigua at 6pm on Saturday. – Live broadcast sky sports. First, England take on Oman on Thursday at 8pm.
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England need to beat Oman and Namibia and hope Australia can do them a favor and knock Scotland out of the T20 World Cup.
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