Steve Smith admitted batting in Chennai felt like a Test match, and in such conditions Australia’s Cup campaign may flounder.
Australia’s embattled innings was still a long way from completion when a beautifully edited clip did the rounds of social media.
“I felt like I was back playing Test cricket again,” Smith conceded. “We were trying to take it a little bit deeper at that point, it was very challenging, and it was going to be challenging for the guy coming in – the batters that were in were finding it quite difficult.“So we always talk about if you get a wicket it’s very difficult to start, so we were just trying to take it that little bit deeper, and unfortunately, I felt like I got a pretty good ball from Jadeja.
is meagre in terms of squad balance, no matter how many times the team insist Glenn Maxwell is a frontliner.As evening dew made the ball greasy, Zampa was ineffectual, and in truth has not been bowling at his best at any stage of the run into the Cup. Against KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, he offered too much to hit, even if the dew impeded his efforts to turn the ball past the bat.
Smith admitted that he and Marnus Labuschagne were “waiting for the loose ball” to hit a boundary. Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav don’t tend to offer them, and without any threat of being attacked could settle into rhythm.
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