‘Disappointing’ World Cup exit to ‘hurt Australia for a long time’: Haddin
March 26th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANIAhmedabad, Mar 26(ANI): Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said that the pain of a quarterfinal World Cup exit for the defending champions won’t go away in a hurry.
Australia’s 12-year-reign as world champions ended following their five-wicket loss to India at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel Stadium on Thursday.
“It’s disappointing and it’s going to hurt for a long time.The way we’ve gone out of the tournament now in the quarter-finals, all those personal milestones are good to look back on in years to come probably,” the Age quoted Haddin, as saying.
“It’s probably still pretty painful what happened. It doesn’t stand too good with me how many runs you made or how well you bowled or how well you caught. We bowed out in the quarter-finals and in the end that’s the bottom line,” he added.
The 33-year-old also admitted that Cricket Australia might review the team composition following their unsuccessful campaign.
“There’s always going to be things thrown up to see what direction Australian cricket is going to take. Well just have to wait and see what they decide to do and what sort of road they decide to go down,” Haddin said. (ANI)
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