The third Ashes Test will begin on 16 December and this time it’s a make or break situation for the Aussies.
If they are unable to win the match then their chances of winning the Ashes back will not be gone, but a loss would completely end their hopes of retaining the Ashes.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is under a lot of pressure due to its players’ performance. It has also the additional pressure of losing the Ashes at home. Australia has no one but only themselves to blame for Adelaide defeat as they were completely outplayed in the second Ashes
Test.
After the first test, Australian selectors made number of changes for the second Ashes Test but only one of the changes was able to deliver. Australian selectors again repeated the circus after the second Ashes Test, when they included the rookie Michael
Beer and Mitchell Johnson for the third match. Whether these changes will deliver for the Aussies only time will decide. Former cricketers have massively criticised the Aussies labelling their bowling as the weakest attack in more than 30 years. With so much
being said, Australia have no choice but to deliver in the third Ashes Test.
Australian fans are becoming desperate and in their desperation, they are calling their legendary spinner Shane Warne back. Warne has denied any plans of making a return to international cricket.
England on the other hand England is silently observing all the miseries Australia is facing. Some days back former English all rounder, Andrew Flintoff made a statement about the plight of the Aussies in Ashes and said that this is the weakest Australian
team he has ever seen, and the time is right for the English players to give Australia a taste of their own medicine.
England’s character was easy visible during the first Ashes Test when Hussey and Haddin contributed a record partnership for the sixth wicket. They held their nerves and when Michael Hussey was dismissed, Steven Finn took no time to dismiss the rest of the
Australian batsmen. The same kind of attitude is required from the Aussies. Their attribute of “never say die” still exists, but they seem to give up after some time.
The first Ashes test was a proof of it, when England had to nullify a deficit of 221 and they were under a lot of pressure to save the Test. Australian bowlers failed to capitalise the situation to the fullest and became a bit defensive in their approach.
Another factor which Australian’s are guilty of is taking too much pressure when it’s not required. Their batsmen in the two tests took a lot of pressure and apart from Brad Haddin, Michael Hussey and Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 none of their batsmen have been able to
bat with a positive frame of mind.
Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, Ricky Ponting and Marcus North have been the guilty party in taking too much pressure and so far they have not impressed us with their batting. The ease with which Kevin Pietersen (227) and Alastair Cook (148) played the Aussie bowlers in
Adelaide Test is a worrying sign for the Aussies. For Australia, they have to go into the Perth Test with a lot of hunger and with one mission in mind that they have to fight until the last ball is bowled in the Perth Test.
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