Media slam Aussies for early exit

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Defending champions Australia were blasted as "mediocre" on Sunday after they failed to make the T20 World Cup semi-finals, with local media calling for the fallout to be "fast and brutal."

"Although it was close in the end, truth be told, the Aussies never really deserved to make the semis," wrote The Australian newspaper, calling their defence "shambolic."

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The Sydney Morning Herald said that regardless of England scraping past Sri Lanka on Saturday to dump out the hosts, "there was little to recommend Australia as a semi-finalist."

The Sydney Daily Telegraph also piled on, saying their tournament "can be summed up with one word - mediocrity", adding that "the brutal truth is they didn't deserve a semi-finals berth."

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