T20 World Cup win means nothing for Ashes: Warne

8220;Every time Australia play England there is talk about the Ashes. We ask,has anyone gained an advantage? What we can say is that England8217;s mindset has changed. In the past they thought that if they played at their best they might nick a win. Now they think 8216;We can beat this lot8217;. That feeling of being scared of playing Australia has disappeared,8221; he wrote in his column for 8216;Daily Telegraph8217;.

8220;England will have taken a small psychological advantage from Sunday8217;s final. Australia were just starting to build a bit of momentum and find some consistency in the aftermath of losing last year8217;s Ashes. But the first time they came up against England in a final they lost. That will send a message to Australia that they have to play very well to beat England now in any form of the game,8221; he said.

Warne said Ashes in Australia would be an altogether a different ball game than the Twenty20 but said England now have a balanced side to challenge Ricky Ponting8217;s men,particularly with star batsman Kevin Pietersen and spinner Graeme Swann in prime form.

8220;It Ashes is the hardest series to win. They have now got the right tools to do that. England have a very balanced side and in Graeme Swann they have a spinner who,when you examine every format of the game,is the best in the world right now,8221; Warne said.

8220;In Kevin Pietersen England also have,not the best,but the most destructive batsman. The Indian Premier League and World Twenty20 came at a good time for him. He was struggling in the Test arena. When he gets into trouble he gets technical and reads too much into things. He is best when he plays on instinct and in Twenty20 there is not much time to think. You just have to go out there and hit the ball.

8220;For the last couple of months he has not had to worry about technique and building innings. He has just had to smack the ball and impose himself. To be the Player of the Tournament will be great for his ego. It is also great for England because all the other players seem to walk a bit taller when KP is playing well. They feed off him. Also the opposition concentrate on getting KP out so much that it allows others to play with freedom,8221; said Warne.

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