Australia face Pakistan in Quarters. Can the co-hosts clinch their 5th World Cup title?
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Adelaide: Australia are stepping back in time in an effort to maximise their chances of a fifth World Cup title by dusting off old videos of fielding master classes. (World Cup 2015 knockouts: Who plays who | Stats)
The team's fielding coach, Greg Blewett, believes sharpness in the field will be key in Friday's quarter-final against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval. (World Cup 2015 complete coverage | Pics)
"Over the last month or so we've shown a fair bit of footage of some really good Australian fielders who have gone before these guys," Blewett said. (Australia set to launch bouncer barrage, warns Pat Cummins)
"It's about them hopefully starting to replicate a bit of what guys like Andrew Symonds, Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden (achieved). (Australia can exploit New Zealand's weakness: Brad Haddin)
"Trying to get them to force a bit of their own legacy. The other thing is trying to create a bit of competition amongst the guys at training." (Glenn McGrath not impressed with bowlers in World Cup 2015)
Improving Australia's performance in the field has been high on the agenda since coach Darren Lehmann labelled it "shoddy at best" after a handful of chances went down in the Boxing Day Test against India.
Lehmann reckoned that the World Cup would probably be won by the best fielding side.
"The three best fielding sides are South Africa, New Zealand and us," said Blewett, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs in his career.
"We're all pretty close. Everyone knows how important fielding is, particularly when it comes to the bigger games."
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