Getting England out is in Australia's best interest - Hazlewood

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has admitted that it is successful Australia's "best interest" for England to beryllium eliminated successful nan T20 World Cup group stage.

Australia qualified for nan Super 8s pinch a comprehensive nine-wicket win complete Namibia, leaving England and Scotland to conflict it retired for 2nd place.

Jos Buttler's broadside request to hit Oman and Namibia to person immoderate chance of progressing but, moreover if they do, nett run-rate could find who goes through.

That would springiness Australia, who look Scotland connected Sunday, a perchance cardinal domiciled successful determining who other will beforehand from Group B.

A Scotland triumph would nonstop them done and destruct England but, pinch Richie Berrington's squad presently boasting a vastly superior nett run-rate to England, moreover a constrictive Australia triumph could beryllium capable to sound retired nan defending champions.

Asked if Australia would effort to make things arsenic difficult arsenic imaginable for England, Hazlewood said: "Yeah, I deliberation so.

"In this tourney you perchance travel up against England astatine immoderate shape again and they're astir apt 1 of nan apical fewer teams connected their day.

"We've had immoderate existent struggles against them successful T20 cricket truthful if we tin get them retired of nan tourney that's successful our champion interest, arsenic good arsenic astir apt everyone else's."

Australia person won each 3 of their matches astatine nan tournament, including a 36-run triumph complete England, and took conscionable 34 balls to sound disconnected nan runs aft bowling Namibia retired for 72 connected Tuesday.

However, they mightiness not beryllium successful truthful overmuch of a unreserved against Scotland if location is nan opportunity to nonstop England location early.

"Not excessively judge really, whether you get adjacent and conscionable sound it astir and resistance it out," Hazlewood said of really Australia mightiness effort to thwart England.

"There's a fewer options there, but to return assurance from winning and winning well, I deliberation that's almost much important than perchance trying to sound personification other out.

"They've still sewage a batch to do connected their behalf arsenic well, truthful I deliberation it'll go clearer nan person we get to that benignant of stuff."

With qualification secured and a busier schedule travel nan Super 8s, Australia whitethorn besides opt to remainder players against Scotland.

"It's up to nan coaches, nan skipper and nan selectors," added Hazlewood.

"The guys person been playing IPL [Indian Premier League], truthful perchance 1 aliases 2 of those mightiness person a remainder but it hasn't been a gruelling schedule.

"A crippled each 3 aliases 4 days isn't excessively reliable successful T20 cricket.

"We've still sewage 1 crippled near but I conjecture we tin easiness disconnected a small spot complete nan adjacent fewer days and freshen up erstwhile nan Super 8s is rather taxing."