Hazlewood hat-trick may not be enough to make WT20 XI

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Mar 14 2016 | 11:28 AM IST
He might have grabbed a hat-trict against West Indies in the World T20 warm-up but Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has hinted it would not be enough to get a place in the playing XI, saying there is lot of competition for every spot and he is just trying to grab every opportunity to perform with both hands.
"They've probably got their XI in the back of their mind. Every time you get an opportunity to perform you try to take it with both hands," said Hazlewood, who had reduced West Indies to 18/3 with his hat-trick in the fourth over.
"A couple of the quickies who did quite well in South Africa did not bowl in this match. There's a plenty of competition for every spot," he said as the Aussie rested James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile for the warm-up match alongside the big-hitting David Warner.
"The one-day World Cup got a little bit longer but here we have got four games in pretty quick time. I don't think there would be as much chopping and changing. We will have to choose according to the conditions," he added.
Hazlewood's hat-trict was not enough as from 72/6, the Windies rode an unbeaten half-century by Darren Sammy and a quick-fire 33 by Carlos Brathwaite to overhaul the victory target of 162 with a ball to spare.
Not ready to read too much into their surprise loss, Hazlewood said they would have gone about their job differently if it were a proper match.
"Probably we would have gone a little bit differently if we really tried to win the game. If it was a game in the tournament it would have been different. We tried a few different things," Hazlewood said at the post match news conference.
"We got pretty much what we needed but still things have to improve on as I said. They've got some dangerous hitters down the order. That's their strength. But we can still improve," said the pacer after Australia lost the warm-up match by three wickets yesterday.
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First Published: Mar 14 2016 | 11:28 AM IST

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