After a wretched warm-up and the longest wait of any team to launch their bid, captain Mitch Marsh is adamant Australia's new-look, inexperienced side are ready to make a convincing bid to regain the T20 World Cup.
On the eve of his side's long-awaited introduction to the tournament in Sri Lanka, Marsh found himself interrogated in his news conference in Colombo on Tuesday about Australia's warm-up capitulation to Pakistan, their recent injury woes and the greenish look to their attack.
He also revealed that Tim David, one of the most destructive of all T20 batters, would miss their opener against Ireland on Wednesday as he continues to recover from a recent hamstring problem.
