Cricket-Hazlewood's run rate comment was a joke, says team mate Cummins


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Final - India v Australia - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 19, 2023 Australia's Pat Cummins gestures REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

(Reuters) - Australia's Pat Cummins said they never considered going easy on Scotland in their final group match to eliminate England from the Twenty20 World Cup and that comments by Josh Hazlewood suggesting they may bottle up the run rate were made in jest.

Australia have already claimed one of Group B's two slots in the Super Eight stage, while Scotland looked primed to join them courtesy of a superior net run-rate.

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