Buzzwords and key phrases quickly become clichés in cricket. Execute our skills to the best of our ability, anyone? How about being confident in our skill set? Or, the particularly Australian, Aggressive Brand of Cricket? Now the word most often heard leading into Australia’s World T20 campaign is “flexibility”. In some ways, Australia have no choice but to be flexible. Their preparation for this tournament has hardly been ideal. They switched captains a month ago, they have played only seven T20 internationals in the past 12 months - none of them in the subcontinent - and, since the last World T20 in Bangladesh in 2014, Australia have used 37 players in just 11 T20 matches. A day before the match, Steven Smith admits he still doesn’t know who will open or the make up of his bowling attack. “I think that’s what we’re talking about,” Smith said. “Being flexible for the conditions, that we’re going to be faced with and it might be playing one side here, and in Bangalore it might be completely different conditions and we might put out a completely different side. “Nothing at all is locked in,” Smith said. “Could be two righties [opening], could be left-right, could be two lefties. I could be batting three or I could be batting six. It’s about being flexible and adapting to what we’re facing, having the guys out there that are going to do well against certain bowlers and certain positions.” “I guess it depends on their whole skill set as well,” Smith said. “If one of the spinners went down and it looked like it was a spinner’s wicket and they weren’t 100% . But I guess it’ll depend on each individual and what’s needed for different conditions that we play in.” “I noticed that the ball did swing around for a little bit, which was nice to see,” said Smith. “And the wickets did spin and were quite slow.