Australia’s first Twenty20 World Cup warmup match was played in bizarre circumstances when the team could only field nine squad members instead of the regulation 11 for its game against Namibia.

It was far from a usual sight as Australia played their first ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up game against Namibia ahead of the start of the marquee event on June 2 (Sunday). With only nine players available to take the field for the Kangaroos,

Four of Australia's support staff members, including chief selector George Bailey and head coach Andrew McDonald, had to come in as substitute fielders in the team's resounding win over Namibia in the

In a warning to the other 19 participating teams, Australia delivered a clinical performance with a seven-wicket victory over Namibia in their opening warm-up fixture in Trinidad on Wednesday.Despite having a host of stars that have failed to arrive in the Caribbean as yet and being forced to use a group of their coaches in the field as substitute fielders,

Australia, at one stage fielding four members of their support staff, have comfortably beaten Namibia in a Twenty20 World Cup warm-up game.

Australia's T20 World Cup 2024 squad's core members such as Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Travis Head will miss their national side warm-up matches as they will travel back to Australia to take a short break ahead of the mega event.