I hope Warner opens bowling for Australia - Jones

Scotland's Michael Jones hopes batter David Warner opens nan bowling for Australia successful nan crippled that is apt to determine their Men's T20 World Cup fate.

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has suggested Australia, who person already qualified for nan Super 8s, whitethorn not play astatine afloat capacity against Scotland to guarantee England are knocked out.

England tin lucifer Scotland's full of 5 points by beating Oman and Namibia but must do truthful convincingly past dream Australia triumph by a separator that allows nan defending champions' nett run-rate to surpass that of their rivals.

England coach Matthew Mott has said he hopes Hazlewood’s comments astir perchance manipulating nan nett run-rate were "tongue successful cheek".

"I was watching it unrecorded and I was laughing," Jones, who admits he wants to advancement "in immoderate measurement that it tin come", said.

"The rivalry betwixt Australia and England is monolithic and, if Australia want to play it that measurement past happy days. Maybe fto David Warner unfastened nan bowling aliases something.

"I don't cognize immoderate Australia players, but it would beryllium bully if we could person a small connection and benignant thing out!" joked Jones.

Hazlewood's comments person put nan spotlight connected Australia's line-up and capacity successful nan crippled - and could mean a stronger squad and a committed attitude.

"I dream not," Ormskirk-born Jones, who described nan thought of reaching nan Super 8s arsenic "the worldly of dreams", said.

"The Aussies are renowned for being highly diligent and I’m definite they will travel each guns blazing.

"We'll do our champion to triumph nan game, effort and return nan inheritance sound retired of nan equation and not get excessively distracted among each nan noise.

"But I watched nan Hazelwood question and reply and [ex-captain] Tim Paine saying they should section half a broadside and it is astatine nan backmost of your mind that - you want nan consequence successful immoderate measurement that it tin come. We conscionable want to get through."

Opener Jones accepts it is an advantage for Scotland to cognize what they person to do fixed they play Australia successful nan early hours of Sunday greeting UK time, aft England person played Nambia connected Saturday evening.

He besides admits they whitethorn person a scheme to protect their nett tally complaint if triumph against Australia looks beyond them.

Scotland's nett tally complaint is simply a patient 2.164 and, while England's is simply a lowly -1.8, that will amended pinch their expected wins against Oman connected Thursday and Namibia.

"The use is nan knowledge of what we request to do and possibly not having to return arsenic galore risks depending connected really things look," Jones added.

"The guys down nan scenes will activity retired nan nonstop figures.

"For example, chasing 180, but we request to get to 150 to spell through, if location are wickets falling, if we tin get to that people [150], that's nan evident point to do - to get done by immoderate intends possible."

Jones hopes Australia section a weakened side, but if that does not materialise, he will relish nan imaginable of facing immoderate of nan game's awesome bowlers.

"You want to situation yourself against nan champion and coming into nan tourney you spot we've sewage England and Australia, truthful that is opportunities to bat against Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Starc, they're nan champion successful nan world and these are nan opportunities we crave," he added.

"You want to spot really you spell against these guys. truthful I almost dream they do spell afloat spot and we tin show nan cricket world we're up to nan challenge."