http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978: We've got the talent to win the T20 World Cup – Cricket News Update
Expressing confidence in Australia’s T20 squad touring Sri Lanka for the T20 World Cup, the Test and ODI skipper Michael Clarke has said that they have got the talent to win their maiden trophy in the shortest format of the game.
"I think we can win the Twenty20 World Cup," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823’ season launch, on Thursday.
"We've got the talent and we showed that in the last game against Pakistan in the UAE, and I think we've showed it in patches over the last couple of years," he added further.
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Australia though lost the three-match series 2-1 to Pakistan, they finished the UAE itinerary on a high, crushing the 2009 T20 champions by 94 runs, which also allowed them to regain their ranking ahead of minnows Ireland, on ICC’s T20
rakings chart.
Replying to a query regarding http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s momentary slip behind the semi-professional Irish side, the 31-year-old middle order batsman admitted his compatriots did not perform as well as they needed to be. However, taking heart from Monday’s
94-run win, Clarke said that the side was peaking at the right time and hoped them to take the momentum into the T20 extravaganza in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Clarke, who retired from the shortest format of international cricket in January 2011, had no regrets about his decision to quit captaincy role in this format of the game, reiterating that he wants to remain focused on Test cricket.
"I've been on the phone to (coach) http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558. I'm supporting as closely as I possibly can," said the New South Wales middle-order batsman, who also bowls left-arm spin.
"(But) I'm really focused on trying to get my head back around Test cricket," he added further.
Australia has been pooled in Group B, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, and will start their World Cup campaign against Ireland, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on September 19.
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