Hobart, Nov. 2 -- Australia's hard-hitting batter Tim David expressed his hope that they get similar batting conditions to Hobart's Bellerive Oval in India and Sri Lanka for the T20 World Cup next year. He wished this after smashing a blistering 74 off just 38 balls in the third T20I against India.

Speaking at the post-match presentation, David said, "Hard to predict what the pitch is going to be like in the World Cup where obviously I think we're either split between Sri Lanka and India and sometimes maybe the Indian team change the pitch depending on who they're playing. So it'll be tough to predict but hopefully we get good batting surfaces like that today. That'd be good fun."

Australia had posted 186/6 in their allotted 20 overs, b...