http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 not reading too much into rankings – Cricket News Update
George Bailey, the T20 captain of Australia, said on Thursday that they are not paying much attention to the team rankings ahead of the T20 Cricket World Cup, commencing in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 next Tuesday.
George Bailey and men prepared for the just to begin T20 showpiece with a three-match series against 2009 World Champions, Pakistan, in the oppressive conditions in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE). Though they lost the series 2-1, Bailey reckoned it was a
good preparation for his team that would pay off come the tournament opener against Ireland, on September 19.
Mighty Aussies slipped below minnows http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, in the second match of the three-T20 series, at Dubai, last Friday. They however regained their
No. 9 position on the chart after crushing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 and his Men in Green by 94 runs in the third and final encounter at the same Dubai venue, two days later.
Asked to comment on their recent slip-up, the 30-year-old Tasmanian top-order batsman said that he was a bit confused by the rankings.
"I have no idea how the rankings work,” Bailey told media reporters in Colombo, on Thursday.
"We're not proud of it, but it's not embarrassing either ... ranking doesn't matter when you start playing."
"Whether that's a fair reflection, I guess we'll find out over the next few weeks,” the Australian skipper went on to add.
The opening duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-James-Falshaw-Watson-c52886 blazed away against Pakistan spinners on Monday, hitting 11 sixes in their 111-run pugnacious stand, to put the side on course to a comprehensive 94-run victory.
Bailey admitted that the belligerent duo was key for them; however, he rubbished the belief that they were a two-man team.
"They're two of our most destructive batsmen and if they fire, we're pretty hard to beat," said Bailey, who took over as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s T20 skipper in January this year.
"In terms of us relying on them, they're match winners but I don't think they are the only ways we can win. If you just looked at them, I think you'd be doing the rest of the team a disservice," he added further.
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