Most often, in trying to assess a sporting team’s tournament, you might as well be looking for the future in chicken entrails. Throw enough offal and you can interpret it as any shape you like.
Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign can go a couple of ways. Look at the struggles against lower-ranked teams and you can see a side that never hit its straps. Australia lost nearly half a game against Oman, three-quarters of a game against Scotland, and finally an entire costly one against Afghanistan. Marcus Stoinis rescued the first two with a bit of help, but nobody could ride with Glenn Maxwell to save the third.
