Australia’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign began with two losses, but under Pat Cummins’ leadership, they picked up speed as the competition went on. So much so that Australia produced an A+ performance to defeat the Rohit Sharma-led team in the greatest match of them all, the final against hosts India in Ahmedabad. Following a winning run of ten matches, the Indian cricket team was viewed as the favorites, but Australia raised the ante and won their sixth Cricket World Cup. Scroll down to read WC Winner Shuts Social Media User For Calling Them Arrogant.
WC Winner Shuts Social Media User For Calling Them Arrogant
On social media, Australia has been the target of a lot of hate after the Cricket World Cup final. Recently, one of these users sent David Warner the following comment on X: “@davidwarner31 Australian players were always incredibly conceited, but now that they’ve won the World Cup, they’ll become much more so.
With a flourish, the all-star opener ended his argument, asking, “Did you meet some of the players, or is this just a keyboard opportunity to vent?”
Former Australian captain and ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting believes that Cameron Bancroft is leading the pack in the competition to replace Usman Khawaja and David Warner at the top of Australia’s Test batting order.
Warner had earlier this year declared that he would be calling it quits on his storied Test career after the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Test against Pakistan in 2019. Many openers are vying for his spot in the Australian squad as he gets ready for the latter stage of his career in white apparel.
Even though Matthew Renshaw and Marcus Harris have been utilized as backup hitters on recent trips to England and India, Ponting believes Bancroft has risen to the top of the order due to some incredible domestic form in Australia over the past few years.
In Australia’s domestic Sheffield Shield competition during the summer of 2022–2023, the 31-year-old achieved four centuries and amassed more runs than any other player. This season, he is again among the leading run scorers.
Bancroft finished as the leading run scorer with 945 runs at an average of 59.06 in 11 games, including four hundred and fifty.
Bancroft has scored 9,389 runs at an average of 39.12 in 261 innings during his first-class career. He has also amassed 25 centuries and 33 fifties. 228 is his greatest score.
With just three fifties in eighteen innings, the batter’s statistics against Australian whites are not very impressive; in ten Test matches, he has amassed 446 runs at an average of 26.23. 82* is his greatest score.
Bancroft hasn’t played for Australia since 2019, but Ponting anticipates that the right-hander in form will get another opportunity to play for his country.
As cited by the ICC, Ponting said on Thursday, “If you look at those three guys, I think it is quite clear that Bancroft is the one that has the runs on the board, and I would not be surprised if they (selectors) go that way.”
