Short-staffed: 9-player Australia wins T20 World Cup warmup match against Namibia apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Australia's first Twenty20 World Cup warmup game started in bizarre circumstances Tuesday when the team only had nine players available to take on Namibia, forcing a selector and a coach to take the field. Two other coaches also had to go on as substitute fielders in a game that the Australians won by seven wickets at Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval. After restricting Namibia to 119-9, Australia scored 123-3 in 10 overs with veteran opener David Warner finishing 54 not out.