Wade: England World Cup thrashing was Australia’s ‘lightbulb’ moment

 As they prepare for England as part of the preparations for the T20 World Cup, Matthew Wade has pinpointed Australia’s heavy defeat to them in last year’s tournament as the key moment in the transformation of their T20 fortunes.

Although Australia started their campaign with wins over South Africa and Sri Lanka, the crushing nature of the loss to England – with 50 balls left – left them under run-rate pressure and was a “light bulb” moment, according to Wade.

Australia closed the group stage with a beating from Bangladesh and a very convincing chase against the West Indies to secure a spot in the semi-finals. Wade and Marcus Stoinis were the heroes against Pakistan before David Warner and Mitchell Marsh carried them home in the final against New Zealand.                                                                                              read more.....