Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that Pat Cummins should make the only change to the playing XI in the form of Marcus Stoinis for the World Cup 2023 semi-final against South Africa. Ponting has advocated the inclusion of middle-order batsman Marnus Labuschagne in place of Stoinis. Glenn Maxwell, who was rested in the last match of the league stage against Bangladesh, is certain to return to the playing XI against South Africa. Now it remains to be seen whether Cummins will cut Stoinis or Lebusch. Let us tell you that Australia is going to play the second semi-final of the World Cup 2023 against South Africa on October 16 at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
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Ponting has favored keeping Labuschagne in the playing XI for the semi-final match and wants batting all-rounder Stoinis to be dropped. Stoinis has had a mediocre performance with both bat and ball so far, scoring 87 runs in six matches at an average of 21.75, while taking four wickets at an average of 35.75.
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Ponting, referring to Australia’s last league match against Bangladesh, said on the Fox Cricket broadcast, ‘I’ll probably retain Lebusch… We’ve seen Australia bring Mitchell Marsh into the bowling attack before using Stoinis. ..’
Giving an example of a strong Indian middle order, Ponting said that Labuschagne can strengthen the Australian team in the middle overs like India.
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He continued, ‘If you really look at the stats in this series, he (Lebuschon) hasn’t done badly… and I know this is the most important stage for Australia in this tournament, but so far their middle order has done well. did not They need to fix this fast.
Ponting continued, ‘If you are going to win the World Cup, you have to fix 11 to 40 overs, because so far in the tournament they have lost 12 more wickets than India in that period. India have lost only 20 wickets in that phase in the entire tournament.
Labusche has so far scored 286 runs in World Cup 2023 with two fifties.