Australia’s Top Order Vows
The Australian top batting order is struggling even in the Ashes. Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 had been trying its best to resolve the run of poor form, but so far, there seems to be no solution to this debacle.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and it is times like these when the players look towards their experienced mentors; however, unfortunately, Australia’s seasoned players have no answers to the problematic situation
of the team.
A lot was being expected from the Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting, but the player has been a total disappointment for the Australian fans. It was expected that Ponting would give his best performance at the Gabba, which is his favourite
place to bat, but, unfortunately, for him he failed to impress anyone there.
In the second match of the series on the first day, the Aussie skipper was bowled out on a duck, which showed that his form was nowhere near returning to its former best. Ponting has many things on his mind while on the field,
but he needs to give some attention towards his dampening touch with the bat.
His deputy Michael Hussey is not doing any better as well. The young batsman and the future skipper of Australia is perhaps facing the toughest time of his life. The player has been unsuccessful in finding a solution to his problems.
He managed to score just two runs at Adelaide, where he was clearly struggling to eye the ball properly.
Australia’s top order is struggling so much that they had the worst Test opening in almost sixty years, when Australia lost their first three wickets with just two runs on the board. If it had not been for Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 and Michael
Hussey, Australia would have been in a very embarrassing position in this Test.
Australia, for the first time in nearly two decades is not performing according to its capabilities. The players, who were once famous for performing according to their designated roles in the team, are now looking an amateur outfit.
The top batsmen are no longer performing with the bat, and like any other struggling team, individual performances are getting the team out of the woods.
By getting out cheaply to England, Australia lost the advantage of batting first, and the English ended up taking full control of the game. Nevertheless, even with such pathetic show with the bat, Ponting might be satisfied because
he is aware of the fact that the series is still 0-0, which means that nothing is over yet and the Aussies can still take the game away from the English.
On a pitch like Adelaide, a small total is no guarantee of a win for any side. Adelaide is a batting paradise; the cause of concern is that even on a batsman friendly wicket, Australia’s batting icons failed miserably. This is
a pitch where the batsmen can take the game away from even the most talented bowling line-up.
Adelaide, famously known as a graveyard for the bowlers, played quiet unexpectedly, helping the bowlers and leaving the batsmen clueless. Maybe after watching England bat on the second day we will be in a better position to understand
the behaviour of the pitch on this ground.
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