With his eye firmly set on challenging for the only global title that has eluded Australia, the ICC World T20, Australia T20 captain Cameron White sees the series against South Africa as crucial to the team's progression. Australia have five T20s scheduled before the event in Sri Lanka next year and White thinks every one of them will be vital.
"We definitely have to win these two games," he said. "From my point of view, with quite a young side and an inexperienced line-up, it would be nice to play some more cricket before the T2O World Cup. The more experience you can get into younger players, the better performances you will get out of them so it would be good to play a few more matches."
Australia's current T20 squad has six players under the age of 25 and three who have yet to play an international. Although White acknowledged that Australia are not at full strength, he thinks they are "pretty close," to it. "The side we've picked is the best Twenty20 side we could have picked."
Given the recent turmoil around the team following the Argus review and that they will play under an interim coach, there have been plenty of off-field distractions, but White denied any claims of instability and said the unit is as solid as ever. "I think everyone knows the situation the team's in and knows certain players are out of the team," he said. "Unsettled is definitely not a word I would use." Terms like "dynamic" and "promising" are the ones White would prefer to describe Australia's current situation and he is particularly pleased with sense of anticipation that surrounds the three rookies.
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