Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Australia played their worst cricket at the most critical moments in the ICC World Cup.
Australia failed to make it to the final after suffering an eight-wicket thrashing against England in the semi-finals on Thursday (July 11) in Birmingham. Before the semifinals, Australia had also lost their last league game against South Africa and finished second spot on the points table after the group stage.
“Unusually for Australian teams in World Cups, we played our worst cricket in the most critical moments,” Ponting was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“That’ll be the thing that gets spoken about the most and see if there’s any reason behind it,” he added.
Australia will now face England in the Ashes series beginning August 1.
England will aim to win their first World Cup trophy when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final at Lord’s. If they are able to win the coveted trophy, then according to Ponting, England will carry that momentum into the Ashes series.
