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| Final: Australia v Sri Lanka |
| Australia will have a World Cup treble in their sights when they meet Sri Lanka in Saturday's final in Barbados.
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| BARBADOS
, 28-April-2007
2:7:37 AM |
| The 1999 and 2003 winners are in the kind of form which carried them to a crushing 125-run victory over India in the final four years ago.
And they want to provide a fitting farewell for Glenn McGrath, who will be playing his final international game.
But Sri Lanka have a talented all-round side and a repeat of their win in the 1996 final is not out of the question.
Captain Mahela Jayawardene is confident his side can wreck Australia's quest for an unprecedented third trophy on the trot and end the champions' 28-game unbeaten World Cup run.
However, he warned that his side must not change their gameplan - as South Africa did in the semi-finals.
"We probably saw a lot in the way the South Africans went about things," he said.
"They didn't play to their potential or their gameplan. They changed something, and it didn't work.
We've been successful doing what we know best - and we'll definitely be doing that again."
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said the fact his side had yet to face a sustained threat would not mean they would go into the match underprepared.
"We have tested our skills in every game we have played," he said.
"Whenever we have got our noses in front we haven't sat back, we've put our foot down and really gone in for the kill and finished teams off."
Six of the 2003 Cup-winning side are set to play in Saturday's final and Ponting feels that experience could be crucial.
He said: "A lot of our players have been there and done it before in big games and that's extremely important.
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