The 22-year-old’s blistering IPL form should have forced a recalculation for the otherwise conventional T20 World Cup squad
Let’s be honest, we wanted it. You all did. Short of those actively hostile to 20-over cricket, anyone would have liked to see Fraser-McGurk go crazy berserk, after the boy Jake has spent the past three weeks tearing up bowlers in the Indian Premier League. Instead, he will head from India back home, left out of the T20 World Cup that follows the tournament he’s currently dominating.
It takes something special for the IPL to cut through in Australia. Fraser-McGurk produced it: 55 off 35 balls to vindicate coach Ricky Ponting on a nerveless debut, a vicious 65 from 18 balls in his other innings at first drop. Up to open the batting in David Warner’s place for Delhi Capitals, he started with 20 from 10 balls and 23 from 14, before another skyrocket with 84 off 27 and a last start of 12 off 7. Even his failures have a strike rate over 150.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/may/02/jake-fraser-mcgurk-australia-cricket-player-ipl-form-t20-world-cup-squad
Author : Geoff Lemon
Publish date : 2024-05-02 03:54:01
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