He had success on India's slower roads last year, but with conditions in Wisconsin and America being somewhat similar, Behrendorff will be hoping to make the same impact.
Tristan Lavalette
Coming off a remarkable year in which he returned to form, continued his form and made a big breakthrough in the IPL season, left-arm speedster Jason Behrendorff is set to return to form as the national hierarchy considers Australia's squad for the T20 World Cup. We hope that success on slower roads will be attractive.
Behrendorff will press ahead with his selection in the three-match T20I series against West Indies starting in Hobart on Friday. He is one of Australia's four quick players and Behrendorff could feature in two games, including the third leg at Optus Stadium, which will be his first international appearance on his home soil.
“It’s probably going to take a little bit of rotation.” [with the quicks]” Behrendorff told reporters in Perth. “Anytime you get to play cricket for Australia in a World Cup year… it's a great opportunity to put your name out there. I'm really happy to be joining the team and I hope I can continue to play some good cricket.”
Behrendorff, 33, has long been tipped as an attractive option for Australia. At 6-foot-4, Behrendorff can create an awkward bounce and swing the ball sharply. Behrendorff was once considered a potential successor to Mitchell Johnson, but his constant back issues forced him to focus on shorter formats.
He has not featured in a top-flight game since late 2017, but has starred consistently over the years for BBL powerhouse Perth Scorchers and Western Australia in the 50-over Marsh Cup.
Behrendorff occasionally plays white-ball cricket for Australia and is remembered for his five-wicket victory at Lord's in the 2019 World Cup, leading Australia to a 64-run victory over eventual champions England. was to remain.
But Behrendorff's body continually betrayed him, and he was nearly passed by a number of upstart players, including state teammates Jay Richardson and Lance Morris.
There were fears that Behrendorff would miss out on opportunities as he entered his 30s, but he has been able to stay on in recent years, leading to a resurgence at international level.
“I've been doing reasonably well just by playing cricket and staying on the park, so I've been able to develop my game and get that consistency,” he said. “That was the reason for my injuries from age 24 to 29, and I played about six months out of 12 games.
“I wish I could really work on it. [years] He will stay until the end of his career and play as long as he can until his late 30s. ”
After an impressive IPL season with Mumbai Indians in which he took 14 wickets in 12 matches, Behrendorff scored 2 runs in 25 runs in a T20I against South Africa in Durban in September last year, ending his two-year campaign. This brought an end to his withdrawal from the national team.
He then excelled for Australia in the now-forgotten T20I series against India immediately after the World Cup. In conditions that did not compromise his quickness, Behrendorff produced an outstanding performance with six wickets at 17.83 and an economy rate of 6.68 in four matches.
As India posted 222 for 3 in the third match, Behrendorff defied the conditions in Guwahati and put up a brilliant performance of 1 for 12 in 4 overs, including 17 runs.
He always posed a threat with his trademark new ball, but at the same time he also displayed bowling prowess in different phases of the innings, expanding his repertoire of very slow balls, cutters and yorkers. This led to Behrendorff being recently named Australia's T20I Player of the Year.
“Playing four out of five games and having a quick turnaround, that really gave me a lot of confidence in terms of being on the park every day,” Bechelendorff said. “That was the biggest thing for me, being able to showcase my skills.
“It was a great learning opportunity for me to bowl at different stages of an international innings.”
India's slow surface is similar to pitches in the Caribbean, where Australia will be fully based in the T20 World Cup, which will also be co-hosted with the US.
Australia have not made frequent trips to the Caribbean over the past decade, but Behrendorff played two T20Is for St. Lucia in 2021. Australia will travel to St. Lucia to take on Scotland in a team match on June 15th.
“It was a great experience playing there…getting used to a slightly different wicket,” he said. “Some of them are similar to what we faced in India recently.
“So I think I can use that accumulation of knowledge to not only know what I'm really good at, but also adapt to those conditions and the size of the field.” [if he plays]. ”
Awaiting the fate of the T20 World Cup, Behrendorff will soon be back in Mumbai looking to build on last season's IPL campaign.
“It's an exciting time with Hardik Pandya coming back and the atmosphere in this group will be great again,” he said. “Hopefully we can get back to the top of the table.”
Tristan Lavalette is a Perth-based journalist
