AUS vs IRE: Why is Steve Smith Not Playing Today’s Australia vs Ireland T20 World Cup 2022 Match?
Published on: Oct 31, 2022 1:08 pm IST|Updated on: Oct 31, 2022 1:19 pm IST
Steve Smith AUS vs IRE: In a big breaking news development, senior batsman Steve Smith has once again failed to find a spot in the Australia playing XI for their fourth game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 against Ireland scheduled to be played at The Gabba in Brisbane. Australia’s most recent game against arch-rivals England got washed out especially after their amazing 7-wicket victory against Sri Lanka earlier in this ongoing T20 competition.
AUS vs IRE: Why is Steve Smith Not Playing Today’s Australia vs Ireland T20 World Cup 2022 Match?
After losing the toss and being asked to bat first, Australian captain Aaron Finch revealed that Steve Smith is still not playing this crucial game against Ireland. Barring Marcus Stoinis’ stunning half-century against Sri Lanka, the Aussie batting line-up with the likes of skipper Aaron Finch, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell have not done well in the tournament so far and this is why, Smith’s exclusion has been doing the rounds. However, the Australian team management have backed the likes of Marsh and Tim David for this power-packed T20 format ahead of Steve Smith who does not have the best of strike-rate. Finch did mention that they have made a change to their side with leg-spinner Adam Zampa returning for Ashton Agar.
“We would have bowled first as well, looks like a pretty good surface. We need to make sure we do the basics right. We haven’t talked about the net run rate yet. Adam Zampa is back for Agar. We considered all factors, we are pretty confident with the side we got,” said Australian captain Aaron Finch during the toss.
AUS Playing 11
1. David Warner
2. Aaron Finch (C)
3. Mitchell Marsh
4. Glenn Maxwell
5. Marcus Stoinis
6. Tim David
7. Matthew Wade (wk)
8. Pat Cummins
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Adam Zampa
11. Josh Hazlewood
Australia XI: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood #T20WorldCup
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 31, 2022
T20 World Cup 2022 Schedule
Date | Match | Venue | Time | Result |
22 October, 2022 | Australia vs New Zealand | Sydney | 12:30 PM IST | New Zealand won by 89 runs |
22 October, 2022 | England vs Afghanistan | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | England won by 5 wickets |
23 October, 2022 | Sri Lanka vs Ireland | Hobart | 9:30 AM IST | Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets |
23 October, 2022 | India vs Pakistan | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | India won by 4 wickets |
24 October, 2022 | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Hobart | 9:30 AM IST | Bangladesh won by 9 runs |
24 October, 2022 | South Africa vs Zimbabwe | Hobart | 1:30 PM IST | No Result |
25 October, 2022 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | Australia won by 7 wickets |
26 October, 2022 | England vs Ireland | Melbourne | 9:30 AM IST | Ireland won by 5 runs |
26 October, 2022 | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | No result |
27 October, 2022 | South Africa vs Bangladesh | Sydney | 8:30 AM IST | South Africa won by 104 runs |
27 October, 2022 | India vs Netherlands | Sydney | 12:30 PM IST | India won by 56 runs |
27 October, 2022 | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | Zimbabwe won by 1 run |
28 October, 2022 | Afghanistan vs Ireland | Melbourne | 9:30 AM IST | No Result |
28 October, 2022 | England vs Australia | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | No Result |
29 October, 2022 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | New Zealand won by 65 runs |
30 October, 2022 | Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe | Brisbane | 8:30 PM IST | Bangladesh won by 3 runs |
30 October, 2022 | Pakistan vs Netherlands | Perth | 12:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 6 wickets |
30 October, 2022 | India vs South Africa | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
31 October, 2022 | Australia vs Ireland | Brisbane | 1:30 PM IST | |
1 November, 2022 | Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 9:30 AM IST | |
1 November, 2022 | England vs New Zealand | Brisbane | 1:30 PM IST | |
2 November, 2022 | Zimbabwe vs Netherlands | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | |
2 November, 2022 | India vs Bangladesh | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | |
3 November, 2022 | Pakistan vs South Africa | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | |
4 November, 2022 | New Zealand vs Ireland | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | |
4 November, 2022 | Australia vs Afghanistan | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | |
5 November, 2022 | England vs Sri Lanka | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | |
6 November, 2022 | South Africa vs Netherlands | Adelaide | 5:30 AM IST | |
6 November, 2022 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | |
6 November, 2022 | India vs Zimbabwe | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | |
9 November, 2022 | 1st Semi-Final | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | |
10 November, 2022 | 2nd Semi-Final | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | |
13 November, 2022 | Final | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST |