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Brad Haddin, the Wicketkeeper batsman of Team Australia, has hailed the Aussies’ vigilance at the training camp, under the new coaching staff, to prepare themselves for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, and claimed that they will strive hard to shell out
the defeat streak in Test cricket by winning over the 3-match Test series against the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808.
The Kangaroos are scheduled to reach Sri Lanka by the end of this month. The bilateral series, comprising of 2 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 3 Tests, will start on August 6 with a 20-over game at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
The Australians have been off-track since the last couple of years as they have lost two high-voltage Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup champions could not defend the title in the
2011 edition of the tournament.
Moreover, the Aussies have not played any 5-day game since the last Ashes and are going to play against Sri Lanka with a new skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543.
In this situation, some analysts and senior players of the team have grave concerns and reservations ahead of the upcoming series.
However, Cricket Australia (CA) has taken some drastic steps to revive the winning culture of the Aussies by adding http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-John-McDermott-c51704 in the coaching staff and holding a full-fledged practice camp.
Talking to the media, Haddin said, “We've got a couple of new staff in Craig McDermott and Steve Rixon so there are a few different voices around the place, which was good. We've got to make sure we're not doing the same things we've been doing over the
last 12 months because we're not getting the results we wanted.”
He further said, “Playing Test cricket you can never be relaxed in your position, and I don't think it puts any added pressure on any of us.That's the bottom line in Test cricket, we've got to make sure we're presenting ourselves and winning cricket games.”
The 33-year-old right hander has played 32 Test so far with 1905 runs. He will be looking to hit hard against the Lankans.
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