“I think I went into the game tonight with a really clear mindset to be a little more proactive and have a little more trust in my base and what I do really well,” Maxwell said of the short innings against Bangladesh. “I know I’m good at reversing. I know I’m good at spin when my feet are busy and moving back and forth. When I see gaps in the field and adapt to what’s coming in front of me, I can start the innings relatively comfortably.
“Even in retrospect, I feel like you got a bit sucked into the pace of play during the IPL where you kind of established yourself as a power hitter and that’s kind of what your whole focus is on and you still play to your strengths. I’m thinking more about hitting boundaries on every ball instead of unleashing and tonight I kind of came back to that, which is what I’m really good at, starting the innings with a good cricket shot and backing it up with the ability to manipulate the field and try to stick to that. do.”
“It feels like every neighborhood has its own little quirks,” Maxwell said. “This (Antigua) is a slow outfield with the wind howling to the short boundary. Barbados can be 50-50 at the wicket or it can be slow. As we have seen, St Vincent’s have a quick spin and the outfield is a little faster. So There have been various changes.
“Everywhere you go, it feels like you’re going to a completely different part of the world. You have to adapt and change. I think that’s what our team has done. I think we’ve been the ones to adapt to situations the fastest throughout the tournament. I’m sure it will be the same in the last few games and the team that adapts the fastest will win.”
“We’ve done everything we can so far,” Cummins put it succinctly after the Bangladesh game, adding that it felt like Warner was “always at the top” of the World Cup scoring charts. Currently the leading wicket-taker in both 50-over and 20-over events, he “stepped up when we needed (him) at key moments.”
Before the Bangladesh match, Ricky Ponting commented on Australia’s spirit for the tournament. “I think other teams try harder and act differently because they think Australia is going to get to bigger games,” he said. “I think India in the (ODI) World Cup final was a good example of this. They tried too hard to get away from what they were doing and they paid the price. Australia know what they have to do – take control of the situation and Be prepared to play in every game.”
