It’s fair to say that they were the third best team behind India and South Africa in the 18-month period between T20 World Cups. And most of their run was built on their array of power-hitters, a top 7 which on paper would be the envy of many of their opponents. With Travis Head accompanying captain Marsh at the top, they had Cameron Green in the form of his white ball life at No 3 with the likes of Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Tim David and Marcus Stoinis to follow. David’s emergence as a killer at the top at No 4, where he averaged 49 and at a strike rate of 197 in 2025, seemed to have given them the edge that previous Australian T20I teams had lacked.
