Australia will need to adjust their batting strategy if they are again faced with a slow pitch in their World Cup Super Sixes cricket match against New Zealand at St George’s Park on Tuesday, says opening batsman Matthew Hayden.
India go into their Super Sixes clash against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers on Monday determined to bridge the cracks that still dog their World Cup campaign.
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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is convinced that whoever has the biggest guns will win any World Cup duel. After Australia extended its unbeaten stretch in World Cups to 14 matches with a 96-run demolition of Sri Lanka in the opening Super Six match, Ponting said he’d instructed his fast bowlers to be ruthless.