Waugh is angry that all matches in the tournament against India and Zimbabwe are being played in the heat of the day instead of as day-night matches.Australia beat Zimbabwe yesterday in 45 degree heat in Ahmedabad. Two days earlier, the Australians endured fierce heat and humidity in Kochi during a 41-run loss to India.

"I think it's just ridiculous playing in these conditions," Waugh told Australian reporters in New Delhi.

"If you were (honest) about it, you wouldn't even walk outside in this sort of heat and yet we are playing 100 overs of cricket in it".

"You just can't play sport in 45 degree heat, someone has got to look at the scheduling but I'm glad we've now got a couple of days off because it's been very taxing both physically and mentally."

Waugh said there was no way to prepare for such conditions. "If you trained for theseconditions you would die before you got over here," Waugh said.