Australia focus on Ashes after Twenty20 defeat

Captain Ricky Ponting has stated that Australia will now concentrate on the Ashes after losing to Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 Cup yesterday. Ponting remarked that his team knew the danger of the Sri Lankan spin bowlers but were unable to secure victory. "We knew we had to play them well. We didn't do that and Sri Lanka deserved to win the game," he said. It was important to "move on as quickly as possible" and look towards preparations for the Ashes, he added. Australia are now out of the tournament with both the West Indies and Sri Lanka making it through to the Super Eights round.They join England who beat Pakistan by 48 runs on Sunday.Sri Lanka are now 8/11 to win the Twenty20 trophy at bookmakers BGBet (Go to BGBet »). Early betting lines on Australia to win the first Test of the Ashes against England are available at 23/20 with Centrebet (Go to Centrebet »).

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Posted on:- 09/06/2009 - 17:00 PM
Filed in:- Cricket Betting News