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Australia firm T20 World Cup final favourites but wary of South Africa

The hosts are out to seize on rare glimpses of Australia appearing beatable and write themselves into historyThere have not been many times since Australia won the last T20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2020 that the team has looked beatable. Since that memorable win in front of a record crowd, Australia has only lost three T20 internationals - two to New Zealand and one to India via a super over in late 2022. Australia have always been a dominant team, but that win seemed to set them on a course of becoming near-indestructible.There are also not many ways to beat Australia. Opposition teams must feel trapped in a horror movie at times - they manage to...

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