Colombo, March 20: Livid with his team’s poor batting performance in the four-wicket loss to Pakistan, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said a repeat of the listless display would end the side’s hopes for defending the World Cup title.
Australia were bowled out for 176 and Pakistan went on to win with nine overs to spare in their last Group A match lats night. The loss ended Australia’s 34-game unbeaten streak in the World Cup since May 1999.
“We have to learn quickly. We have done all the talking about this World Cup game, but today we found ourselves in some tough situations and we weren’t good enough to get out of it. We have to learn from that and learn quickly,” Ponting said at the post-match press conference.
“The way we batted was nowhere near good enough to win a World Cup game.
–PTI