Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

So the World Twenty20 is almost upon us with Ricky Ponting the first of the 12 captains to face the media at lunchtime on Friday.

The remaining 11 will do their bit at Lord’s on Sunday in 15 minute slots with Daniel Vettori kicking it off and Paul Collingwood the last on stage. It might look like cricket’s version of Britain’s Got Talent. Thankfully Susan Boyle will be nowhere near the Home of Cricket.

Belying a hefty bout of jetlag – the Australians landed in Birmingham just 24 hours earlier – a cheery Ponting answered at length everything thrown at him by the gentlemen of the press.

While a number of journalists used the opportunity to quiz Ponting about the forthcoming Ashes series, the Australia captain was keen to focus on the job at hand, namely winning the newest competition in international cricket.

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