Mickey Arthur using the ODI series against England to prepare for the Ashes – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969, the Australian coach, is hopeful that his team will use the upcoming One Day International (ODI) series against England as preparation for the next year’s Ashes and claims that the on-going dispute between the players and Cricket Australia
(CA) will not hurt their performance on the field.
The five-match 50-overs series between the arch-rivals will begin on June 29th at the Lord’s. The Kangaroos will play a match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 and company.
Since the last five years, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 have gone through a decline in international cricket as they failed to defend the World Cup for the third time in a row in the sub-continent last year and have lost two Ashes series on the trot in 2009 and 2010-11.
The Aussies are geared up to regain the urn and are building a strong team to take on England in 2012. Arthur, who took over the role with CA last year, is looking at the ODI series as an opportunity to prepare for next year’s Ashes.
The 44-year-old hopes that his team will do well in the limited-overs series, which should boost their morale. The mentor believes that the tour later this month will help the Australian players to acclimatize in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
“I'd love us to go to England and put a real marker in the ground for next year. It would be good to walk in and effectively say, 'We're around. We're up and about. I'd like us to play really well, win there and put in their minds that we're coming
back next year," said Arthur.
The Australian players and CA are currently going through a dispute regarding some of the clauses of the players’ contracts. Their coach, however, is optimistic that the tension will not reflect on the field and they will give a tough time to the Poms.
The Aussie coach added, "I know the players are definitely professional enough to put that to one side. The players know when it's work time. It's work time and I haven't seen any effect of that in their cricket at all."
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