T20 team moving forwards believes George Bailey – Cricket News Update
Despite losing the second T20 to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480, said that the team is moving forward, with the main aim of performing well at the World T20 tournament later in the year.
Bailey suffered his first loss since being in charge, beaten by a rejuvenated Men In Blue side, who finally won their first game on tour Down Under.
It was a spirited performance from the visitors, where the injection of youngsters in the team aided them on the field, resulting in four run outs – restricting the hosts to a meagre 131.
In reply, the top order finally performed to its potential, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 leading the way with an unbeaten half-century, helping his side to claim an easy 8-wicket victory.
The main criticism hurled at the Aussies’ was the amount of tinkering done to their winning composition, which emerged resounding winners in the 1st T20.
It included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, was relegated to no.6 at the MCG– a move which backfired
after the top order failed.
Bailey however, defended the team’s policy of making household changes as it gave him a fair assessment of his team’s ability to cope under diverse circumstances.
"One of the things we wanted to get out of the week was trying a few different people in different spots," Bailey said. As much as trying to win, this week was as much about trying to find out what different people can do in different situations.”
The skipper further pointed out the importance of the World T20 (staged in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758), and insisted that the players must keep that tournament in mind in order to make necessary improvements to their game.
"We've let guys know that everything that you're doing now with a T20 focus is starting to gear up towards that, whether that's with the bat or the ball, or your fitness or your fielding," he said. "While it's going to be hard as a group to do that [in the
coming weeks], individually we'll still be focusing."
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