New generation ready for next WC

by Red Wed 11 Nov 2009, 07:54

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/cricket/newlook-team-ready-to-tackle-the-next-world-cup/2009/11/10/1257615039756.html

And Punter has sounded a warning:

Ponting strongly rejected the suggestion that the absence of Hayden, Gilchrist, McGrath and Symonds would lessen the Australian team's ''intimidation factor'' for the World Cup.

''Don't worry, if we're the No. 1-ranked team in the world there'll still be plenty of intimidation around. It doesn't matter what players we take in there … Intimidation, aura and all that sort of stuff is about winning games and having your best team on the park all the time, and we're certainly trending in the right direction.

''Every team will be looking back at us at the moment wondering how on earth we got across the line here [in India] … because a lot of other teams, even with their best teams, can't do it here.''