Former Australia captain and legendary batsman Allan Border trashed out at Australia A side for their performance against India A on first two days of the pink-ball warm-up match at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Both the games were resulted in draw as the Indians bowled and batted well in both the games. India will be getting a huge boost from this.
Australia will be without David Warner and Will Pucovski due to the injuries. Meanwhile, Marcus Harris and Moises Henriques might be the addition to the team. India will be confident after this 2 test practice matches results. Meanwhile, Australian players in practice matches looked a bit odd and Allan Border lashes out for this.
Allan Border Trashes Out Players For Attitude Towards The Game.
The Alex Carey-led Australia A side surrendered against the Ajinkya Rahane and band on both the days. The Aussies were no match to Indian batsmen and bowlers on the first two days of the tour game
Criticising the approach of the Australian side, Border was quoted as saying by daily telegraph after the second day, “They gave up. Australian cricket teams, you can handle getting beaten and we put in some poor performances, I’ve been part of quite a few. But I don’t think you’d ever accuse Australian sides of not having a go.”
Just their attitude. I don’t blame them all but there was general (lethargy),” he said.
The former Australia cricketer added further, “It’s one of the worst, (most) lethargic performances I have seen in the last session of any cricket.”
“This is Australia A, they are representing Australia, they are young blokes trying to make their way. That fielding performance, bowling performance, captaincy performance – an absolute disgrace. Not up to scratch at all,” Border said.
“If Alex Carey is in line to be an Australian captain, he has got a lot of work to do for me,” Border said. “He has gone down quite a few pegs. He is a good cricketer Alex Carey, he has got a bit of energy himself, but yesterday he should have reacted to the way the general feel around the team was,” he added.
India was in a commanding lead to win the match but centuries from Jack Wildermuth and Ben McDermott centuries helped the hosts draw the game on the final day of the practice game. Ben McDermott 107 and Wildermuth’s 111 stitched a partnership of unbeaten 265 runs for the fifth wicket and helped Australia A scored 307-4 at stumps on Day 3 of the practice game.
