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Australia defeats Namibia with coaching and support staff in warm up match

News Desk

May 29

Australia has won a warmup T20 World Cup match against Namibia with coaching and support staff in the team.

Under the leadership of Mitchell Marsh, Australia, with only nine players available in the line-up, needed other players to complete the bowling innings. So Kangaroos chief selector former captain George Bailey, head coach Andrew Macdonald, fielding coach Andre Borwick and batting coach Brad Hodge did the fielding duties.

Among the coaching and support staff, George Bailey and fielding coach Andre Borwick remained on the field until the end of the bowling innings.

Despite taking six wickets for 50 in the 12th over, the Australian team failed to dismiss the entire Namibian team. Namibia scored 119 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs while the Kangaroos achieved the target with the loss of three wickets in just 10 overs.

This is the first time in the history of T20 World Cup warm-up matches that a coaches and support staff played a match.

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