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Australia face South Africa in the first of three T20Is live on Sky Sports on Friday ahead of the ICC World Twenty20.The tourists lost their latest T20I series 3-0 to India in January with 19 players selected as they tussled over what team to pick.With the squad now settled, we asked Mr Cricket Mike Hussey for his thoughts on how the squad is shaping up…Do Australia know what their best top-order line-up is?Mike says: The selectors have some tough decisions to make because its a pretty powerful squad. Shane Watson, Aaron Finch, David Warner and Usman Khawaja have all done really well. There has been talk of Warner dropping down to three, which would leave Watson and Khawaja battling it out with Finch for one of the opening spots.Both Watson and Khawaja were with me at Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash. Watto is in a really nice head space at the moment, not taking the game as seriously as he perhaps once did, and he benefitted from working with Jacques Kallis on his batting in the Big Bash. When he is on fire he is a very difficult man to stop, and he has got such clarity in his game right now, it makes him a dangerous proposition.I must admit that I didnt think Khawaja would bat as well as he did (two hundreds in four innings with a 172.50 average and 163.50 strike rate). I always knew he was a fantastic player but his recent form has blown everyone away. He doesnt slog it, just plays really good cricket shots off front and back foot. He is a very relaxed character and certainly the big stage will not faze him; hes a phenomenal player. Will either South Africa or Australia walk away with the trophy? How crucial could the teams all-round depth be?Mike says: The all-rounders are the teams real strength. Watson is good enough to be a top-four batsman but he was also bowling really well for me at the Thunder. Mitch Marsh is a power-hitter through the middle, and is also bowling really well. Then theres also James Faulkner, who has been shining in T20 cricket for some time now; hes a big hitter with the bat, and a terrific death bowler with a lot of change-ups.Ive weighed it up a little bit in my head and I can see all of them playing, especially if Watson ends up batting at the top. Thats a bonus because it frees up space for the others down the order. Nathan Coulter-Nile is in the squad and could theoretically fight with Faulkner for a spot. He is probably a better bowler, but not as strong with the bat, so it depends on the balance of the side they want to go with. It certainly gives Steve Smith a lot of options. Kumar Sangakkara gives a brief history of the ICC T20 World Cup How strong is the attack?Mike says: Its a real shame Mitchell Starc is not available through injury. Thats a huge miss for the Australian team. I look at the attack and there does look to be a lack of experience there, but there is still an awful lot of skill and quality there too. They just need to handle the situation, and the pressure as well as they possibly can.In the recent game against India at the SCG, Andrew Tye bowled the last over and didnt bowl as well as he could have and India won the game, but he is honestly one of the best death bowlers in Australia. He has a brilliant slower ball, and not many players from around the world will have seen much of him, and so he could end up getting a lot of wickets.Im pretty confident Adam Zampa, the leggy, will play. He has bowled really well in the Big Bash for quite a few years now and so probably deserves the chance over Ashton Agar as the spinner in the side, backed up by Glenn Maxwell and Smith for the odd over here and there. Wrist spinners tend to take a lot of wickets in T20 cricket so that variety Zampa brings will be important.Watch South Africa take on Australia in a three-match Twenty20 series, starting with the first T20I at 3.55pm this Friday on Sky Sports 3.Also See:Steyn fit to face AustraliaFixtures/resultsLive cricket on SkyCricket videosCheap Jerseys . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Cheap Throwback Jerseys . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. http://www.cheapjerseysdiscount.com/ . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason. Jerseys Outlet .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety.PHOENIX -- Brandon Drury came out of high school thinking he might help the Atlanta Braves win games one day. He did just the opposite Wednesday night.Drury drove in Jake Lamb with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 10-9 win over the Braves.The Diamondbacks loaded the bases with a double, a hit batter and an intentional walk against reliever Jose Ramirez (2-1). Matt Kemp dived to catch Drurys sinking liner to left but couldnt get off a good throw to stop Lamb.Drury was a 13th round pick by the Braves in 2010 and traded to Arizona in 2013 in a package for Justin Upton.I was just looking for a fastball. They said his slider was pretty small, and I just trusted that I would pick it up. I didnt hit it that hard, but I go the job done and helped the team win, Drury said.The Braves rallied from a 9-4 deficit in the eighth to tie it 9-9 with four runs in the ninth. Adonis Garcia led off the ninth with a home run and the next five Braves reached base.Atlanta stranded runners on second and third, though, and the game went to extras. They also loaded the bases in the 10th.Former starter Patrick Corbin (5-13) pitched two scoreless innings in relief to earn the win.Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke struck out five and reached 2,000 for his career. Greinke pitched six innings and allowed four runs, six hits and three walks in his first home start since June 28. He left that outing with a strained left oblique and went on the disabled list for more than a month.Greinke, 32, became the 78th pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts, fanning Freddie Freeman to start the fourth for the milestone.I dont really think about it at the moment. It is a pretty big number, Greinke said. It was a good pitch. I stopped making good pitches after that one pretty much.For the Diamondbacks, Welington Castillo drove in three runs with a double and a two-run single. Paul Goldschmidt and Lamb hit two-run home runs and Jean Seguras solo home run in the fifth was his 12th of the season, tying his season high from 2013.Goldschmidt became the third first baseman since 1974 to record 20 doubles, 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in consecutive seasons, along with Jeff Bagwell in 1996-97 and Ryan Klesko in 2000-01.Seguras homer landed just to the left of the 413-foot sign in left-center field. Lambs was his 25th of the season. Michael Bourn tripled twice as part of a four-hit night and gave Arizona 50 triples this season, a franchise record.Bourn and Goldschmidt combined to score six of the Diamondbacks runs. The two tteams combined for 32 hits.ddddddddddddnder Inciarte had four hits for the Braves and Nick Markakis and Tyler Flowers each had three. Julio Teheran (3-10) pitched six innings, allowing six runs and 11 hits with four strikeouts. Atlanta has lost nine of 11 games.We had a legit chance to win against one of the better pitchers in baseball, and its a tough one to lose, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. It was right there in front of us, it felt like, coming back like we did in the ninth. But we werent able to pull it off.BRAVES DEAL FRANCOEURAtlanta completed a three-team trade involving the Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins, with the Braves sending veteran outfielder Jeff Francoeur to the Marlins.Francoeur was the only major leaguer involved and was dealt along with cash considerations. Atlanta acquired minor league shortstop Dylan Moore from Texas and minor league catcher Matt Foley from Miami.Francoeur hit .249 with seven home runs and 33 RBI in 99 games for the Braves. The 32-year-old plays left field and right field and is known for a strong arm. He was seen in the Braves dugout saying goodbye to coaches and teammates early in Wednesdays game.Snitker said infielder Brandon Snyder will be called up from Triple-A Gwinnett to be added to the roster in place of Francoeur.UMP STRUCKSecond base umpire Alfonso Marquez was hit on the right hip by Freemans line drive in the seventh. He stayed in the game after walking it off.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: Atlanta was expected to place pitcher Rob Whalen on the disabled list with right shoulder fatigue, but he was active Wednesday and grounded into a fielders choice to end the top of the 10th as a pinch-hitter. He was put on the DL after the game.Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas was held out due to back stiffness, a night after being taken out of the game in the eighth inning with the injury. He was on deck during Drurys sac fly. ... OF A.J. Pollocks season debut with Arizona is set for Friday. Hes back from a fractured right elbow and played in his 11th rehab game Tuesday night.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Matt Wisler was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to start Thursdays game against Arizona. Wisler is 4-11 in 20 starts for Atlanta this season.Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray is coming off a week in which he went 2-0 and struck out 18 to earn the NL Player of the Week honor, and brings a 7-11 overall mark to his start against Atlanta on Thursday. ' ' '