Former Australian Test team captain Allan Border believes that the current squad has learnt the lessons from the mistakes his side made in 1992 and insisted that that would be key for their 2015 Cricket World Cup triumph at home.
Border believes that this side has learned the lessons from Australia's devastating early exit from the home 1992 World Cup, as they had been playing Test cricket against India ahead of the tournament then, and this side would win the coveted tournament.
Border, who captained the 1992 team that was one of the pre-tournament favourites but suffered shock early losses to New Zealand and South Africa, said that they didn't prepare for that tournament well because they had been playing Test cricket against India only a few weeks out, News.com.au reported.
New Zealand had famously pulled a rabbit put of the hat by opening the bowling with spinner Dipak Patel in the first game in Auckland and Border's side never recovered from the early loss.
Border's team watched helplessly as they were kicked out before the semifinals, with Pakistan beating England at the final at the MCG.
Border said that his side hadn't really targeted the World Cup with the right planning and the subtle tactics one needs and probably didn't really even know the final makeup of their side.
Border added that then in the tournament proper, New Zealand hijacked them and they never got any momentum or form in the early stages, adding that they played OK in the later part of the tournament but before they knew it, they were out of contention.
The Aussie great believes the current side won't make the same mistakes of the last time the World Cup was held on home soil and expects them to win.
Border said that Australia's preparation for this World Cup has been second to none, adding that the squad has been together for quite a while now, playing a lot of one-day cricket, and they have tangled with two good one day sides in the last month or so.
And, Border is also sure this team would embrace playing at home where they would get 90 percent crowd support, adding that he honestly believes that if they play anywhere near their best they would be very, very hard to beat.
