Despite having played the "innings of his life" against West Indies to rescue Australia from the position of strife that they found themselves in, Nathan Coulter-Nile believes his spot n the XI isn't secure for as soon as the next game against India. Only because he returned wicketless in the two games so far in the World Cup, with figures of 0 for 70 against West Indies.
"We've got two world-class (fast) bowlers (on the sidelines). I'm not in the team to make runs, hopefully the top order does that, so I wouldn't be surprised if I got dropped for the next game," he was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia. "I'm in the team to take wickets and I've had two wicketless games, so we'll see how we go."
Australia were reduced to 147 for 6 before Steve Smith and Coulter-Nile came together to put on a rearguard partnership of 102 that came off just 89 balls. Coulter-Nile's 60-ball 92 was vital in Australia getting to 288 that they ended up defending eventually as Australia pipped their opponents by 15 runs. However, batting with a broken bat cost him in the end and he squandered the opportunity of becoming the only No. 8 with an ODI century.
"The only time I looked up and I thought 'jeez' was when I was on about 90, I think," he said. "Then I started thinking about it (a century). I just thought 'jeez that's a lot of runs'. I broke my bat one of the shots, I didn't want to change it, maybe I should have done that."
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