Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has lashed out on the Pat Cummins-led group after their humiliating defeat within the second Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Delhi. India beat Australia inside three days for the second time in a fortnight to retain the trophy and are on the verge of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) last in June.
Speaking on the Big Sports Breakfast, the previous cricketer mentioned, “What I’m seeing would not shock me as a result of we did not have a tour recreation. Big, massive, massive mistake. There ought to have been no less than one match in order that the circumstances Can be reconciled with.
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Pointing out the failings in Australia’s batting approach towards spin, he mentioned, “Selection for the first Test, big mistake.” Second Test, sweep the blokes, we noticed plenty of the primary Test match. They are usually not the best place to comb if you begin your innings. And they’re by no means going to be in the best place to reverse sweep towards spin in the beginning of your innings.”
“Against spin bowling on a pitch like this, you would say my ‘swimming between the flags’ is playing straight, hitting off spin. Let’s just stick to those two principles. Straight bat… I will play every ball with spin,” he added.
What adopted was a maddening 90 minutes wherein Australia acquired slowed down and had been bowled out for 113 half an hour earlier than lunch. Only Head and Marnus Labuschagne (35) managed double figures because the Australian batsmen succumbed to the firepower of India’s spinners. Some guys like Steve Smith and Alex Carey tried to get out of hassle solely to get LBW or bowled out.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
