Sydney: Rankings will mean nothing when play starts at the Twenty20 World Cup and Australia are dead serious about winning the tournament for the first time over the next few weeks, according to skipper George Bailey.
Australia, who have won the one-day World Cup four times and are the most successful test playing nation of all time, are ranked ninth in the world in the shortest form of the game.
Their best finish in the three Twenty20 World Cups to date was reaching the final at the last edition in 2010 but Bailey said the country's approach to the format had altered.
It's the one trophy we don't have in our cabinet and it's something we're looking to rectify, he said in Colombo on Thursday....
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