Ricky Ponting plans to field full-strength squad against Canada – ICC World Cup 2011 news
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 in their penultimate league match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on
Wednesday.
“We've got to give our guys the most exposure that we can to different situations in games,” said Ponting while talking to the media. “From now on, I don't think we can afford to be experimenting too much, we have to get down to playing
a brand of cricket that's going to hold up in big games.”
Ponting said that he did not see any reason to keep his first-choice players off the field ahead of the tough game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 which would be followed by the knockout stage of cricket’s quadrennial event. The match between the Men in
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 and Kangaroos would be the last league game of Group A that will decide the final group positions.
Ponting said that he was not much worried about the final standings though he said that they would be eager to extend their unbeaten streak in the World Cups. Ponting also sent a notice to the big teams saying that the Aussies peak at the
right time.
“One of our great keys to success in previous World Cups is we've been able to build our way up through the tournament,” Ponting said. “And when the semifinal and final have come around is generally when we've been playing our best cricket.”
The four-time reigning champions, who have been unbeaten since the ICC World Cup 1999, were not at their best during the 60-run win over tournament outsiders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 on Sunday. In that match, the defending champions experimented with their
bowling attack, particularly their spin attack. But the experiment did not work as planned as the minnows managed to amass 264 for 6 while chasing an intimidating target of 325.
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