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We have to get better says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 – Cricket News Update
Australian vice-captain, Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, attributed the team’s back to back Ashes’ defeats to a total batting failure, claiming that they will need to weather out sessions and reassess their strategies under English conditions, which
aid swing bowling.
 "Like most batting teams if someone is bowling at good pace and swinging the ball consistently it provides a really big challenge - we have to get better to get through those periods.”
A once dominant force in Test cricket, the Aussies were taught an English lesson in the past couple of years. They first came unstuck in 2009, suffering a 2-1 defeat before being outclassed on their own backyard in the 2010-11 Ashes
series, going onto lose by a 3-1 margin.
The recent performances against their arch rivals have seen them train like never before, working on the art of adapting to English conditions. Currently in Europe for a short tour, a five-match ODI series, the Aussies are determined
to make the most the current outings which would prove beneficial when they come back in a year’s time.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 are on the slower side, urging his bowlers to concentrate on accuracy as extra pace may become futile. The tricky conditions will also test the batsmen to a greater
extent as the home team’s bowling line up packs a punch with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711, all in top form.
Anderson, who has taken 173 wickets in 41 home Test appearances, will give the visiting batsmen a hard time - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 averages 48.77 in Test cricket but had a dry run where he failed to score a century in 5 Test matches played against England. Watson is wary
of such fact and wants to limit the damage in sessions where the ball is doing a bit.
"In the past, over the last couple of series here especially we haven't been able to get through those periods limiting the damage. We have been losing four and five wickets through that period. What we are working on at the moment is to continue to challenge
ourselves against the swinging ball.”
The current ODI series between the two sides will start from June 29, at Lord’s.

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