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Aussies need to learn nuances of T20
Ricky Ponting confessed that his team did not take Twenty20 cricket seriously and needed to learn the nuances of the game.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: October 25, 2007 06:47 AM IST
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He also said that they needed to learn the nuances of the game to lift its modest international record in the shortest format.
"I don't think there was any need for it to be taken ultra-seriously before the World Cup. The games that were played before (World Cup) were almost played as exhibition-type matches - to promote the other forms of the game," Ponting said on returning home from India.
"I think that was the way it was used by most boards around the world, but now it's pretty clear and apparent to us that we'll be playing a lot more. When there's a World Cup event in any form of the game, you want to make sure you understand the game well and you play the game well," he said.
"Our international record's not great, we've probably only got a 50-50 win-loss record and that's something we're going to improve on over the next couple of years," the captain added.
Ponting admitted his team was still being educated in the nuances of the game.
"We probably learnt a little bit through the World Cup about the format of the game. Going there we were all pretty new to it, pretty inexperienced in Twenty20 cricket," he said.
The Australian captain also said with the Indians winning the Twenty20 World Cup and talks of star-studded Twenty20 Leagues, the game was sure to get further popular in the sub-continent.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Monday confessed that his team did not take Twenty20 cricket seriously.He also said that they needed to learn the nuances of the game to lift its modest international record in the shortest format.
"I don't think there was any need for it to be taken ultra-seriously before the World Cup. The games that were played before (World Cup) were almost played as exhibition-type matches - to promote the other forms of the game," Ponting said on returning home from India.
"I think that was the way it was used by most boards around the world, but now it's pretty clear and apparent to us that we'll be playing a lot more. When there's a World Cup event in any form of the game, you want to make sure you understand the game well and you play the game well," he said.
"Our international record's not great, we've probably only got a 50-50 win-loss record and that's something we're going to improve on over the next couple of years," the captain added.
Ponting admitted his team was still being educated in the nuances of the game.
"We probably learnt a little bit through the World Cup about the format of the game. Going there we were all pretty new to it, pretty inexperienced in Twenty20 cricket," he said.
The Australian captain also said with the Indians winning the Twenty20 World Cup and talks of star-studded Twenty20 Leagues, the game was sure to get further popular in the sub-continent.
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