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Ricky hits target

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted on Friday his team had targeted his Sri Lankan counterpart Sanath Jayasuriya in the World Cup Super Sixes match here on Friday.
And Australia's ruthlessness was best illustrated by the way they targeted Jayasuriya, Brett Lee subjecting him to a hostile over that badly bruised his left forearm and chipped his left thumb.
Jayasuriya retired hurt on one after being hit by a 150kph delivery as the reigning champions booked their place in the semifinals with a 96-run demolition of the Lankans at the SuperSport Park.
Lanka, replying to Australia's imposing 319-5, were shot out for 223 after Lee sent Jayasuriya to hospital with bruising and then wrecked the top order with three wickets to make it 48-4.
"Obviously you don't want to see anybody getting seriously
injured and hopefully he isn't," said Ponting. "But it's a World Cup and we are trying to bowl where the batsman is least likely to score.
"If that happens to be at the body, then we are at the body, and we are not going to bowl him wide, full ones that he can smack through cover.
"We knew Jayasuriya is weak in this area and when you bowl him on his body he tends to wriggle.
"We're not going to go out there and bowl him wide ones because he's going to smack us over cover or point every time that's a weakness in his game and we've picked up on that of late.
"That is one main things in our approach target the weakness of the opponents and we did the same against Sri Lanka."
Australia, who carried forward a maximum 12 points after winning all six preliminary round matches, earned four more and found themselves in the semifinals even before their two remaining Super Sixes games against New Zealand and Kenya.
"They gave us a bath today," he told reporters. "They are a strong, tough team playing with a lot of confidence.
"It doesn't matter if one or two get injured as someone else just pops up and blends in as if they have been playing all along. They are a very good team at the moment."
The loss leaves Sri Lanka on 7.5 points, still ahead of New Zealand and Zimbabwe in the race for a semifinal place but now with less margin for error. It means
Monday's game against India at The Wanderers takes on major significance.
"We weren't very clever today," said Whatmore.
"After this result it is another test of character for our boys and the next one against India won't be easy either.
"In the first 15 overs they hit a lot of fours and I felt their captain had a couple of lives.
"At this level it is difficult to give more than one chance and we paid for it. The next game can't come quickly enough.
"We need to get points on the board sooner rather than later. One win could get us into the semis but our objective is to win a minimum of two."