http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PD-Collingwood-c2173 unfazed by Australia's resurgence – Cricket News Update
Senior http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978’s triple century despite the pressure of captaincy, however he made it clear he was not at all fazed by the resurgence of their ashes rivals.
"The captaincy tends to suffocate many players but that doesn't seem to have happened with Michael Clarke," said the former England skipper on Thursday. "It's an unbelievable effort to get more than 300,” he added further.
England had crushed Australia 3-1 last year in the Ashes series lifting an urn down under for the first time after more than two decades. In August, the Strauss brigade climbed to the number one position on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings with a 4-0 whitewash of former
Test champs India at home.
The Australians, on the other hand, have been struggling at the international level since some of their major players retired; including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Donald-McGrath-c60183.
However, since the change in Australian captaincy - from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120.
Since April last year, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, days after the World Cup concluded in India. The Kangaroos prevailed in
both the Test and ODI series against the Bengali Tigers.
Australia then won a Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. Presently, the Michael Clarke led side is presently dominating the star-studded India in a four-match Test series at home. The hosts currently lead the
series 2-0 and seems another 4-0 whitewash is on cards for MS Dhoni’s formidable squad.
Despite a stunning performance from a callow Australia squad against a well settled Indian line-up, Collingwood declined to read too much into Australia’s performance and is waiting for the 2013 Ashes series to judge the Aussies.
“It's very hard to know where teams are at,” said Collingwood when asked to comment on Australia’s dominance against India in the ongoing Test series. “India in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are a very different proposition than away from home and we'll only find out at the next
Ashes how far teams have come," he added further.
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