Australia suffered a humbling defeat to Pakistan in the first Twenty20 international losing by seven wickets after being bowled out for 89, its second-lowest ever total in the shortest form of the game.
In response, Pakistan comfortably chased down the Australian total, Kamran Akmal leading the way with 31 not out.
The target was surpassed with 31 balls to spare, the earliest any Australian side has been beaten in Twenty20 internationals.
"I'm very disappointed and there's plenty to go away and work on," Bailey said.
"You don't ever want to be setting those sorts of records.
"But in terms of the group we've got together and what we're capable of, it certainly hasn't altered my thoughts that we can still be a very good team.
"I still think we can win it. Definitely. Absolutely," he added.
"I certainly don't think we'd win if we played like we did today."
Bailey said he couldn't pinpoint one reason for the team's batting collapse.
"It's just one of those things. It's hopefully just a bad performance and one that you won't see again," he said.
"Even if we gained a tiny bit of momentum, we gave it back by losing a wicket."
Bailey's side narrowly beat Australia's record-low score of 79 against England in Southampton in 2005.
Opener David Warner (22) was the only batsman to reach 20 in a terrible display of shot-making by the Australian side just two weeks shy of their opening Twenty20 World Cup clash with Ireland in Sri Lanka.
Pacemen Sohail Tanvir (3 for 13) and Umar Gul (1 for 17) always looked threatening while spinners Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal and Raza Hasan, on debut, claimed two wickets each.
Gul and Shane Watson had both been rested from the one-day international series and it was the Pakistan paceman who began in better form, trapping the Australian vice-captain lbw for eight with his fifth delivery after coming on to bowl the third over.
Mike Hussey, fresh from two consecutive ODI half-centuries, was caught at cover for one.
Warner continued his modest form against Pakistan as he popped a return catch to Hafeez on 22 after scoring a total of 50 in the ODI series.
But his score was made to look good by his teammates.
David Hussey (three) and Bailey (14) were both caught on the leg-side boundary and Matthew Wade (six) and Glenn Maxwell (four) followed in the same fashion.
Ajmal dismissed Maxwell and Cameron White (bowled for 15) in successive deliveries but tailender Xavier Doherty was at least able to deny the spin genius a hat-trick.
Australia's innings ended with three balls remaining in the 20th over when Ben Hilfenhaus was caught behind for a duck.
ABC/AAP
Tags: sport, cricket, twenty20, united-arab-emirates, australia, pakistan First posted September 06, 2012 05:04:06
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