00:00The car park at the Queen's Park Oval was quite empty compared to what it's
00:03known to be with security vehicles present. That's because the Australian
00:08cricketers were having a net session behind closed doors with this being the
00:12mode of transport. With strict measures in place filming of the training
00:16sessions were not allowed. The good thing though was the fact that Australia's
00:20communications manager Cole Hitchcock was willing to spend some time with TV6.
00:24What's the energy like in the Australian camp? Yeah high at the moment we've had a
00:27rest day yesterday. A couple of the guys came out and had a slight warm run
00:32around yesterday afternoon but today we're in the full training back ready
00:36for tomorrow's practice match. And with regards to the players and so on in
00:40terms of fitness how is everybody feeling seeing that they are playing in
00:43the Caribbean which is of course different from other conditions around
00:47the world. Yeah everyone's fine Mitch Marsh is fully recovered from a hamstring
00:51problem that had ruled him out of the IPL but otherwise everyone's fully fit
00:54and ready to play. We've still got five to come in after the IPL final yesterday
00:58so they'll come in over the next few days. The Aussies played two warm-up
01:02matches at the Queens Park Oval. It's something they welcome before going into
01:05their World Cup opener against Oman on June 5th. Oh absolutely yeah I think
01:09guys particularly the guys who haven't been playing would be looking forward to
01:12a run tomorrow night against Namibia and then again against the West Indies on
01:16Thursday. A lot of these guys who are here haven't played for some time. There's
01:20quite a few in the IPL but they've been home for a couple of weeks so yeah very
01:24much looking forward to getting out there. While Hitchcock believes that the
01:28Aussies can shine at the T20 World Cup he knows how unpredictable the abridged
01:32version of the game can be. Yeah no we're pretty confident I mean it's a wide open
01:36tournament there's probably five or six teams who can win here you need a touch
01:39of luck in T20 tournaments you need things to go your way and obviously you
01:44need to win the games you're supposed to win so you know it'll be a challenge but
01:48getting to the super eights and taking it from there. Australia won their first
01:52T20 World Cup title in 2021 beating New Zealand by eight wickets in the UAE.
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