What do you do when the national side is two players short in a key World Cup warm-up? Send on the chief selector and fielding coach, of course.

Josh Hazlewood returned from a three-month break to take two for five and David Warner hit a half century as Australia thrashed Namibia by seven wickets in a Twenty20 World Cup warm-up in Trinidad. Paceman Hazlewood said it had been more than seven years since he had last enjoyed such a lengthy break but he looked in good touch with three maidens from his four overs.

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.

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Warner (54*) smashed six fours and a trio of massive sixes, facing just 21 deliveries in an excellent sign for the Aussies after the left-hander struggled for consistency during the recent IPL