JOIN USFormer Australian captain Allan Border believes the lessons of his side’s devastating early exit from the 1992 World Cup held at home have been learned and the current squad will win the tournament.
Border was captain of the 1992 team which was one of the pre-tournament favourites but suffered shock early losses to New Zealand and South Africa. “The lessons have been learned from the mistakes we made in 1992. We didn’t prepare for that tournament well because we were playing Test cricket against India only a few weeks out,” Border was quoted as saying by news.com.au Tuesday.
“We hadn’t really targeted the World Cup with the right planning and the subtle tactics you need and probably didn’t really even know the final makeup of our side.” New Zealand surprised their neighbours by opening the bowling with spinner Dipak Patel in the first game in Auckland and Border’s side never recovered from the early loss.
“Then in the tournament proper, the Kiwis hijacked us and we never got any momentum or form in the early stages. We played OK in the later part of the tournament but before we knew it, we were out of contention,” the 1987 World Cup-winning captain said.