Samsonova and her team-mates were playing under the banner of the Russian Tennis Federation, with their country still banned from international sport for doping violations. Australia, beaten by England in the 2010 final, have been dumped out in round two in the last two editions of the T20 World Cup and came into this tournament having lost their last five bilateral T20 international series. "It used to be that if his first receiver - Marquise Brown, whoever - wasn't there, he was taking off with his legs. "People will say Gerrard's exit was is bad timing, but if you look at it the other way, a lot of people have mentioned he has only won one trophy in nine. The opportunity is there for Gio to better that."