{"id":434192,"date":"2026-02-19T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:15:11","slug":"australia-clarify-smiths-cover-role-after-group-stage-world-cup-exit-cricbuzz-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434192\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia clarify Smith&#039;s &#039;cover&#039; role after group stage World Cup exit &#8211; Cricbuzz.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNSnNlSU05Tng5cHdWdjNMdVczSjZ1YmotTTNoVl9ZRlNjaEMyTktPN1B1MDZEajdNbG1XdGxjYm41REpOVkVfX29RSWRJaW5kMVZnNzIwMGZWWWhjME9XbTBtVl9KTXFjY05uSm1jTWJsNld4NmlpYmFjLVFCZVB3T1RWRzRJX1ZUbEdobmh2YVdXeWZCVXZJOEhwUjBVTU9oYWRjWV9oc3NKTzlRV05FMUZYVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia clarify Smith&#8217;s &#8216;cover&#8217; role after group stage World Cup exit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricbuzz.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE8wU1BsVTIzYkc0aHFha1FiRkJNeWNPaVJWaldpV0VZZVFEbkx1blk2ZkRBOUF1azUwcjJXQUNzRXdyTFlPLUZNWjlVeGgwTjNiTk1hWFVGcy1kMUlSaWVIdUhVSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T20 World Cup: Rain delays the start of Ireland v Zimbabwe &#8211; radio, clips &amp; text<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPWVZmTno3VkZIcnpUekRJVTNkNGtkMWprVTNobVkzVndvbVN4Q3B3R3BCd0dyel9faDBvV1M2Zi1DNzlBdDgxZkhaUDZpaTUxZ0lhWjhOamprMWI1djhfRzZPQkl3R04wQUQ4MmxrNzBOSzRlU1k2NHhkaWNKaHZDV3NIbnh3eDB1WVh4UExWWVNfTDFYbkpHbXA2b3lpeUVudzZ4NWhjNTJieGlVbkVEeGRrNzNFTWlfMWVxR21qaGtQTFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia out of T20 World Cup after Zimbabwe\u2019s match against Ireland rained off<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ponting: Australia didn&#8217;t have any &#8216;aura&#8217; about them at T20 World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQRkp6VkpBdFhiOWh2UjlmTTRyM1dHY2o4VEpydVlfMnJuMkl5NmxaRnFtZUxxV3ZmS3dfSE1yRXluRE5xLXQ1ZlJfVmktaWdJVEdUZ3ZTdkJqNTdVb2htR3AweWtfQm01RkNoa2szTU5SSE1BNzlGRlN4QjVxYllDRjI2Y0JtNGxqd0plbWNleVpuckJjWUxsNTB3NGNzc1A5dUlEbkJKNXdJbmJIR0NVLWItUTZ1Q0czb0FOM19RY2U5bzBFTHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ponting dissects Australia&#8217;s dismal T20 World Cup campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ICC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia clarify Smith&#8217;s &#8216;cover&#8217; role after group stage World Cup exit&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricbuzz.comT20 World Cup: Rain delays the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[428,1721,124727,101,81753,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-434192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","tag-sports","tag-steven-smith","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}