TGC tears as Australia still suck at T20 | AUS v SL | T20 World Cup
The Grade Cricketer
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Why are Australia still bad at the format they invest little to no time or energy in to?
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| 0:00.0 | Well, we are about to witness one of the greatest comebacks of all time. |
| 0:04.2 | But let's run through some numbers first. |
| 0:06.0 | Australia have made the T20 World Cup final twice in 10 World Cups. |
| 0:10.7 | Australia have made the semi-final and two other occasions. |
| 0:12.9 | Australia have been knocked out in the super 8s, 12s, 10s three times |
| 0:17.4 | and didn't make it out of the group stages in 2009. |
| 0:21.0 | Now, sure, those numbers suggested Australia are absolutely terrible at this format. |
| 0:26.5 | The Australian public largely does not take this format seriously, |
| 0:29.5 | nor given the time zones as anyone watching this in Australia. |
| 0:32.6 | But still, that was a fucking embarrassment. |
| 0:36.2 | This calls for a bud. |
| 0:51.7 | Well, you've seen TGC a couple of times in the space of a few days. |
| 0:54.4 | That must mean that Australia have once again fucked it. |
| 0:56.7 | And let me tell you, yes, they have. |
| 0:57.8 | Yes, they have. |
| 1:02.4 | This time against an outstanding Sri Lanka slash Nassanca Peza. |
| 1:05.4 | That'll just about do for Australia. |
| 1:07.3 | Oh, yeah. And, I mean, this is just a continuation of porter-middling results in serious T-20 cricket for Australia. |
| 1:16.3 | Like, this isn't, these aren't outliers. |
| 1:19.5 | Australia is T-22s at best. |
| 1:24.6 | And so it has proven last night. |
| 1:28.7 | Has Australia been bowled out in two successive games where the opposition has only lost two |
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