PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Australia’s first Twenty20 World Cup warmup match started in bizarre circumstances on Tuesday when the team could only field nine squad members instead of the regulation 11 for its game against Namibia, forcing a chief selector and coach to take the field.
At Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval, the Australians won easily, anyway. After restricting Namibia to 119-9 after the African side was sent in to bat, Australia, led by opener David Warner’s 54 not out, scored 123-3 in 10 overs and won by seven wickets.
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