Cricket: Australian captain Pat Cummins has admitted his team is finding it hard to read the Indian pitches, despite the squad boasting plenty of IPL experience.
Watch every match of The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Live with no ad breaks in play on Kayo Sports.“I heard last night that Pat Cummins is not going to be selected for this game,” he said.
“If Alex Carey is only given one game, he shouldn’t be in India. They shouldn’t have taken him. If Pat Cummins is going to get dropped and not captain the team, then you guys have selected the wrong captain.”Source: Getty Imagesalso took aim at Australia earlier in the week for its “horrible” preparation in the lead-up to the World Cup“I heard the players say our preparation was perfect. No, no — you had enough games of cricket but you didn’t use those games,” Clarke said.
Cummins had spoken to the media on Sunday, admitting the five-time champions have “got to start winning and start winning quick” to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign. None of their batsmen have made a half-century with Smith top-scoring with 46 against India and Marnus Labuschagne matching that modest mark in the rout by South Africa.
“If we’re going to play on the used wicket that has already been played on that is going to be a really tough challenge for us because it will spin and it will be very two-paced and Sri Lanka and all subcontinents play better in those conditions. We have struggled big time in those conditions for a long time now.”
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