Steve Smith and David Warner are in form while fast bowlers will also be key for the experienced five-times champions
s these things usually are, it will be decided with hindsight. If the Australian men’s team does any less than reach the 50-over World Cup final this November, the players will be described as the old stagers who hung on for one tournament too many. If they challenge for the trophy, it will be described as the value of experience and big-match temperament. Nobody who writes these things will be concerned about how close they were to writing the other. Neat stories are the easiest to tell..
But a one-day World Cup is a long voyage, eight weeks end to end once you throw in the warm-ups, and toughness might well be what survives. Right now, though, what has surprised is just how fresh Warner and Smith in particular look after what has been a gruelling year.
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