Australia defeated Namibia by 9 wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. After this match, Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood made a controversial statement. Josh Hazlewood had said that the team would lose the next match against Scotland and knock England out of this important tournament.

This statement of Josh Hazlewood backfired on him. After this statement, ICC officials said that if Australia manipulates the result of the match in any way, then their captain Mitchell Marsh will be banned for two matches. However, Scotland opener Michael Jones mocked Hazlewood and said that all the players of the team were laughing a lot after hearing his statement.

The Scotland opener also said that she is well aware of the clash between Australia and England and she will have no problem at all if the Kangaroo team makes David Warner open the bowling. According to BBC, Michael Jones said, ‘I was watching it live and laughing. The battle between Australia and England is very big and if the Kangaroo team wants to play like that then it is a very good thing.

Maybe we can see David Warner opening the bowling or something. I don’t know about Australian players but if we talk about something, it will be great. It will also set things right.’

I am confident that Australia will go out to play some great cricket: Michael Jones

Scotland’s opening batsman further said, ‘The whole world knows that Australia plays aggressive cricket and they will look to perform in the same way against Scotland. We would also like to win this match. We have seen Hazelwood’s interview and we don’t care whether he changes his game or not. But we are fully prepared for the upcoming challenge.’

Let us tell you, this match between Scotland and Australia will be played on 15 June at Daren Semi National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia. Both the teams would definitely want to win the upcoming match.