Australia's ICC World Twenty20 inquests continue as players and administrators try to figure out what went wrong.

Captain Ricky Ponting made it clear, after Australia's interest in the tournament was ended by a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge on Monday, that tough questions must be asked and answered.

Ponting's Ashes tourists will have plenty of time to come to terms with their disappointment and work through their problems during an unscheduled stay in Leicester, where they will be based this week and next while the ICC World Twenty20 comes to the boil without them.

On the other side of the world, meanwhile, Cricket Australia have already launched a wide-ranging review into how their team have managed to lose their last five consecutive Twenty20 internationals.

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CA chief executive James Sutherland on Tuesday announced: "Over the next few days, we will have a real good hard look at what might have gone wrong in this ICC World Twenty20.

"Obviously it's disappointing for us to go out in 'straight sets' and we will want to understand exactly why that is."

Only Scotland and Bangladesh were dispatched before Australia, who lasted four days and lost both their matches to West Indies at The Oval and then Sri Lanka, the team they had beaten in the last World Cup.

Their poor performance is being interpreted in some quarters as a shambolic start to a summer in which they have high hopes of retaining the Ashes, following their 5-0 whitewash of England down under two years ago.

Sutherland, however, is concerned that Ponting's men get the hang of Twenty20 as a matter of urgency with the next world tournament scheduled to take place in less than a year's time in the Caribbean.

Setting sights on next edition

"The next World Twenty20 is in the West Indies in April/May next year," he notes.

"That is obviously something we can set our sights on and all the more reason for us to have a comprehensive review of the performances (in England) and the reason why."

Australia's early elimination has left both Sutherland and Ponting claiming some consolation in extra time to prepare for the Ashes, which starts in Cardiff early next month.

"Obviously it's very disappointing to lose both games and be out of the tournament at this early stage," Sutherland admits.

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"There is a silver lining there, and that means the players will have a greater time of preparation with the red balls leading into the Ashes series - but I don't think that is too much of a silver lining now, straight after that result."

Australia are considering trying to arrange some match practice during their stay in Leicester, before their first tour fixture against Sussex at Hove on June 24, four days after they had hoped to playing in the Twenty20 final at Lord's.

Ashes calling now

Ponting accepts he and his team have much thinking to do, both to improve their Twenty20 fortunes and prepare themselves for the Ashes.

"Our Test cricket has probably been the shining light - because to tell the truth, our one-day (50-over) form has not been too good either," he said.

"We've got to move on from this loss pretty quickly and start focusing on the Test stuff."

Ponting does not subscribe to the theory that the Twenty20 disappointment could adversely affect Australia's Ashes prospects.

"I've never been a big believer in form from one series to another, particularly when it's different types of cricket," he said.

"We have a vast change-over of players coming for the Ashes, who will join us in about a week's time.

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"When they get here, it will be about rebuilding the very good stuff we had going on in South Africa.

The captain knows, though, that the next two weeks will be arduous.

"I don't reckon there'll be too much freshening-up in the next week. I reckon we might get flogged a bit by the coach," he predicted.

He is still not averse, however, to a little Ashes 'spin' - suggesting England could be compromised by having to continue playing Twenty20 until just before the start of the series, and nominating four other teams as more likely to win the tournament than the hosts.

"It can't hinder us to have a bit more time with the red balls out, getting used to thinking about and preparing for the longer form of the game," Ponting believes.

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"England will be playing this form of the game for another week at least. So if there is one 'positive' from this, maybe we can get something out of it that way from our couple of weeks in Leicester.

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"I think India have a very good chance of winning.

"They are a very dangerous team in this tournament. So are the West Indies, and we have seen what Sri Lanka can do if they get conditions that suit their spin bowlers.

"South Africa have a very good side, as well. I'll be surprised if the winners do not come from those four teams."

Australia have also been fined by the ICC for a slow over-rate during the defeat to Sri Lanka.