Australia coach Mickey Arthur says his team are going along nicely heading into Friday night’s World Twenty20 semi-final against West Indies, despite Australia’s batting collapse against Pakistan in their final Super Eights clash.

Australia’s middle-order problems were exposed by Pakistan’s spinners as skipper George Bailey’s side scored 7-117 chasing 150 to win on Tuesday night.

However Australia still qualified on top of their group for the semi-finals and despite pondering a possible recall for middle-order batsman David Hussey in place of Glenn Maxwell, all is going smoothly in the camp according to Arthur.

“Things are going very well. For us to have topped our group is very pleasing,” Arthur says.

“We’ve won four out of five games. In the nature of Twenty20 cricket if you’re winning four out of five you’ve got to be very happy.

“(Tuesday night) didn’t go according to plan but hopefully we’ve got the bad game out of the way now. I guess it refocuses us so it probably came at the right time and now we’ve got it all to play for.”

Australia will have their final training hit-out on Thursday ahead of their semi-final clash.

Apart from his side’s batting issues – with Mike Hussey (54 not out) the only batsman to reach 20 against Pakistan – Australia also have several bowlers struggling to hit top gear at the business end of the tournament.

Young quick Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Brad Hogg are two of them, although 22-year-old left-arm quick Mitchell Starc is in top form and threatens to blast through West Indies’ top order.

West Indies smashed a massive total of 8-191 in their Group B clash with Australia on September 22 in Colombo with Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels both scoring half-centuries and Cummins conceding 1-41 from four overs.

Cummins, 19, claimed 1-42 against Pakistan on Tuesday night in another expensive outing.

“He got a touch-up against the West Indies and a little bit on Tuesday night but he still plays a massive role for us,” Arthur says.

“Any guy who can bowl with that pace through the middle for us is really difficult to face.”

Arthur says Gayle is an imposing figure.

“He is the one guy who makes you panic a lot more because he takes you on,” Arthur said.

“The longer he bats, the more he becomes tougher to bowl at. The same as (Australia’s) Shane Watson.”