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COACH Darren Lehmann says the dancing death of Australia's World T20 campaign was a disappointing end to a golden season of cricket glory.
Australia will again be left without the only major trophy which has eluded it after the incredible loss to the West Indian team which celebrated by dancing Gangnam Style on the field after the final ball.
Australia plays India in the early hours of Monday morning (AEDT) but will be virtually going around for practice. Australia must not only beat India, and Bangladesh on Tuesday, but must rely on some almost impossible other results and factors to make the semis.
The bottom line is Australia does not deserve to have made the World T20 finals after George Bailey's side was poor in batting, bowling and fielding in various stages of losses to Pakistan and the West Indies.
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It might seem a blip on the radar after the stunning season which produced a 5-0 Ashes whitewash and a stunning away Test series win against South Africa, but Lehmann expected much more from his side.
Asked if it was a disappointing end to a magical season, Lehmann replied: "Very much so."
"We had played pretty good Twenty20 cricket obviously at home and then in South Africa just before we came here.
"It's a good learning curve but as I said you've got to win those games.
"We beat ourselves in these games. It's as simple as that. Obviously credit to the West Indies and Pakistan but we should've won both of those games. We've got only ourselves to blame."
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Despite excelling in Test cricket and vastly improving in one-day cricket, the T20 game has again proved to be the nut the Australians just can't crack.
It has been a long season but Lehmann indicated he expected more from some of his seasoned professionals in Bangladesh.
The coach said Brad Haddin's keeping had been poor in Bangladesh — showcased by a poor missed stumping off Chris Gayle — and Dave Warner and Shane Watson had simply not fired.
"His (Haddin's) 'keeping has been poor. That's OK, he won't mind me saying that. He's honest enough for that," Lehmann said.
"He's been fantastic over a long period of time for us. At the end of the day he's been exceptional for us. He'd be disappointed in his own form in these two games.
Lehmann (R) with selector Rod Marsh (L) and captain George Bailey (C). Source: Getty Images
"That's not hiding away from the truth. The simple fact is he's one of our better performers and a couple of our experienced blokes — Shane Watson, David Warner for example — they didn't have the impact, those three, that we would've liked."
"And our match awareness has got to improve in this format."
Lehmann said his players would not have danced on the field like Chris Gayle did after the win. But then again, he believes it might have been preferable if young all-rounder James Faulkner didn't fire the West Indies up by saying he didn't like them in the days before the game.
"From my point of view James has probably got to choose his words a little bit better but that's just part and parcel of the banter of the game isn't it?" Lehmann said.
Chris Gayle led the boisterous West Indies celebrations. Source: Getty Images
"We're in the entertainment business and if I could dance like Chris Gayle I'd be dancing every night of the week.
"You live and die by the sword don't you? You win, you lose, you've just got to cop it and move on.
"At the end of the day you're going to get emotional with winning. We've certainly been through those stages but we're really respectful of that as well. When you win you've got to win in the right way and act appropriately. If that's the way they do that, that's fine. They certainly dance very well though, I'll give them that."
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