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Captain Ricky Ponting says Australia cannot afford to turn in another below-par display if they are going to be crowned World Twenty20 champions.

Australia were shocked by Zimbabwe on Wednesday, before recovering to thrash England by eight wickets on Friday. Ahead of Sunday’s Super Eights game against Bangladesh, Ponting said: “If we’re not at our absolute best in this format, everyone is a bit vulnerable.

“We showed a lot of character to bounce back in the manner that we did.” Australia knocked off 135 to beat England with more than five overs to spare and Ponting believes his side can keep on improving.

He added: “We’re very early into our season and we have to build on the way we played on Friday. “We’ve got to look at the things we did well and look at the areas where we were deficient — we can’t afford to rest on that.”

“If we didn’t learn from the mistakes from Zimbabwe then we’d all have been dummies and I think we’ve respected the game a lot more.” Bangladesh, who beat West Indies in their first match, will go into the match after facing hosts South Africa in their final group match on Saturday.

Source:Cricket News