Aussie back to square one says Mickey Arthur – Cricket News Update
Australian Head Coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, which has put them back to square one in terms of find the right balancing between experience and youth in the top 6.
The Aussies currently trail by a 2-0 margin in the ongoing four-match Test series against host http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, with their batting order coming under scrutiny for not being able to deal with the Men In Blue spinners. Their problem is largely associated with inexperience,
as skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 are the only batters who have played a Test match in India before.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 is still searching to make his presence felt
as a specialist batter.
In a year where they contest http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 for the coveted Ashes, Arthur spoke about the difficulty of not having a settled lineup. He further mentioned the absences of Hussey and Ponting a great loss for the side after both experienced hands decided to quit international
cricket this home summer.
While Ponting’s retirement was all the more expected, given his poor outing against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, in the previous year, where he scored
950 Test runs at 59.37.
"That was Huss's decision," Arthur said. "We couldn't try and persuade him either way and it was right for him. Everything he has said subsequently has made me think that the time was right for him. We can't change that. That's his decision. It was disappointing
to lose him though ahead of what is such a big year. A year I guess that will define Michael and my leadership. It was disappointing because it was almost back to square one again in terms of experience."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 will be hoping that their struggling batters make amends when the next Test match begins from March 14, at Mohali.
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