Lucknow: Australia's fast bowler Josh Hazlewood created a sensation with his statement when he talked about playing a little softly against Scotland to eliminate England from the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that the English team's entry into the Super-8 will depend on the result of the match between Australia and England. Let us tell you that the Kangaroo team has qualified for the next round of the World Cup by winning all three of its matches and now only one team from this group can qualify for the Super-8.

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Whether England will qualify or not will be decided by the match between Australia and Scotland. In such a situation, Hazelwood said that when his team is sure of victory against Scotland, they will prolong the game to maintain their net run rate. However, his teammate and veteran fast bowler Pat Cummins has denied any such action and believes that they will try to give their best against all the teams. Cummins has made a big statement during the conversation in the press conference.

He said, “I think when you go out to play cricket, you try to give your best for your team. If you don't do this, then it will be completely against the spirit of the game. We have not thought about it at all and nothing has come to mind about the net run rate. I spoke to Josh Hazlewood and he joked a bit about it. We will go out on the field and play with full strength against Scotland.”

Let us tell you that the match between Australia and Scotland is to be played on 16 June. This match will be played in St. Lucia. On the other hand, the English team has made its run rate better than Scotland by registering a spectacular win against Oman. In such a situation, now they will have to win against Namibia in their next match, while it will be expected that Australia defeats Scotland. In such a situation, Scotland will also have only 5 points and the English team will also reach 5 points by winning their next match and due to better run rate, they will qualify for the next stage.

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