Former Test captain Michael Clarke has ripped into the Aussies after one more diabolical efficiency in India, saying he’s “not surprised” by their capitulation within the second Test in Delhi.
Poor planning earlier than leaving after which poor plans whereas enjoying have been on the core of his issues, with the 41-year-old referred to as Australia’s best ever gamers of spin.
With modifications looming for the third Test, former coach Darren Lehmann mentioned selectors ought to stick to Travis Head as an opener if David Warner is dominated out with harm.
The critics have dialled in on captain Pat Cummins workforce after the second-Test horror present in Delhi, and Clarke, who has been outspoken concerning the lack of a tour recreation, mentioned the batters had failed to point out any instinct towards the Indian spinners.
“I’m not surprised by what I’m seeing because we didn’t have a tour game,” Clarke mentioned on Monday.
“Major, major, major mistake.
“There should have been at least one game over there to get used to the conditions.
“Selection for the first Test, major, major mistake.
“Second Test, blokes sweeping, we saw enough of that the first Test match.
“They’re not the right conditions to sweep when you start your innings.
“And they’re never going to be the right conditions to reverse sweep against the spin at the start of your innings.
“Against spin bowling on a pitch like that, you would say my ‘swim between the flags’ is play straight, hit with spin.
“Let’s just stick to those two theories.
“Straight bat … I’m going to be playing every single ball with the spin.”
The Australians have been roundly panned for his or her sweeping techniques with the bat, one thing the Indians ignored and a tactic man-of-the-match Ravindra Jadeja mentioned was improper for that pitch.
“Not on this kind of wicket,” Jadeja mentioned.
Clarke mentioned the Aussies solely needed to watch the native batters to understand it was a nasty plan.
“It’s like we’re not watching India bat,” he advised the Big Sky Breakfast.
“Why would you not look at that example and go, ‘OK, these guys know the conditions so well, and this is how they’re playing’.
“Why would we try and do something different when they have been so good?
“It doesn’t matter how many support staff there are around, you’re playing for Australia.
“Surely as a batsman playing at the highest level, you calculate that risk versus reward.”
Lehmann conceded it was “mayhem” for the Australians, however they wouldn’t have misplaced all confidence in defeat.
“I think they believe they are good enough to beat India, it just comes down to executing,” he advised RSN.
“When they do the review they’ll say, ‘Gee, we swept a lot’, swept and reverse swept everything where you still have to trust your defence.
“It’s about being positive and brave but then trusting your defence to keep the good balls out.
“Maybe they were too over-attacking, and that’s a fine line.
“They just strangle you, they bowl at the stumps, they knew we are going to sweep, they set fields for sweeps, so sometimes you have to play a little bit different.
“The pressure is huge over there, screaming fans, smog, you can’t see it at the best of times in Delhi.
“They did everything right until that two hours of mayhem.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
