Australia captain Ricky Ponting pronounced he was seeking brazen to a champions being tested by Pakistan in their final organisation compare of a World Cup. Australia already by to a quarter-finals, as good as behest for a fourth true title, done it 34 games dominant during a World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Canada upon Wednesday to go tip of Group A.
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BANGALORE, India (AFP) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting pronounced he was seeking brazen to a champions being tested by Pakistan in their final organisation compare of a World Cup.
Australia already by to a quarter-finals, as good as behest for a fourth true title, done it 34 games dominant during a World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Canada upon Wednesday to go tip of Group A.
Now Ponting’s group plunge into a typically fickle Pakistan in Colombo upon Saturday.
“It’s regularly a good plea personification opposite Pakistan because, as everyone knows, you’re usually never unequivocally certain what they’re starting to spin up as good as do upon a day,” he said.
“They can be a very, really good side a single day and, as you saw opposite New Zealand, they can be very, really typical a next. They have which arrange of unpredictability about them.
“The final diversion they played in Colombo was opposite Sri Lanka as good as they dissapoint them there so they’ll know a conditions flattering good and, by a looks of things, they’ll fool around a conditions there flattering well.”
After restricting Canada to 211 upon Wednesday, Australia raced to 212 for 3 with some-more than fifteen overs to gangling interjection to a first-wicket mount of 183 in between Shane Watson (94) as good as Brad Haddin (88).
But non-Test republic Canada gave Pakistan as good as Australia’s opponents in a impressive person stages goal when after winning a toss, they plundered a fastest group fifty of a tournament, off usually twenty-nine balls.
Teenage opener Hiral Patel defied Australia’s gait contingent of Shaun Tait, Brett Lee as good as Mitchell Johnson with a hastily 54, with his half-century entrance off usually 37 balls with 3 sixes as good as 5 fours.
Ponting, however, was happy with a well-spoken end of a match.
“I theory it’s substantially not preferred which you haven’t been pushed right to a handle with most of a games which we’ve played,” pronounced Ponting, whose side have been right away a usually dominant group during this World Cup.
“But I’m flattering assured in a players which no have a difference who you fool around in this contest from here on, we’ll be tough to beat.”
He did confess which Australia’s new-ball bowling was a concern.
“Against improved teams as good as deeper batting orders, you have to have certain you do not let teams get off to which arrange of start,” he said.
“If you demeanour during someone identical to (India’s Virender) Sehwag, he plays identical to a approach which man (Patel) played as good as if you let him get off to a begin identical to which in a large game, it will be a lot harder to brace them back.”
Ponting, who praised 19-year-old Patel for being “savage upon us” as good as attack “some extraordinary shots”, mislaid his rage after receiving a locate when, carrying seen Steven Smith scarcely hit with him, he in a huff threw a round to a ground.
“We both essentially called for it during just a same time, which was because there was a little difficulty around,” Ponting explained.
“It wasn’t a good greeting we guess. But it positively wasn’t written to try to enthuse a group or anything identical to that, or to have Steven demeanour in any approach in a wrong place or have him demeanour silly.
“If it looked bad, afterwards we apologize for it.”
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