Cricket

Aus vs Ind 2021: Played bad enough to lose to India’s second XI – Ian Healy hits out at the Australian team

 

Australia’s former wicket-keeper batsman Ian Healy has lashed out at the Tim Paine-led side after their 1-2 series loss against the second string Indian team. Healy feels the Australian team was not up to the mark and thus it led to their downfall against India in the Border-Gavaskar series.

Healy believes the hosts didn’t tick the right boxes in the fielding department as well as their attitude was not right. Australia was favourite to win at the Gabba, Brisbane against a beleaguered Indian team but they were stunned by the visitors. India’s young guns delivered the goods for the team and the tourists came up with a collective effort to win the fourth Test match by three wickets.

Australia is mostly brilliant in the field but they weren’t able to hold on their chances against India. Furthermore, Healy also questioned Tim Paine’s leadership, who has lost a second straight home series against India.

Healy lambasted the batsmen who couldn’t convert their starts into a substantial score. The former wicket-keeper feels the hosts were too ‘soft’ this summer.

“They weren’t right in the contest often enough. They weren’t hungry to convert 60 runs to 130 runs with individual totals. I just thought we were a bit soft this summer. That coaching staff and senior players, they need to put a finger on why we just didn’t play as well as we should have and rectify it. This team isn’t that bad. They just played bad enough to lose to India’s second XI. Our fielding was hopeless. Two things I’d work with is fielding and attitude, and the rest will follow.” said Healy while talking to SEN 1170’s Drive. 

Healy feels Paine might not have trained enough and it reflected in his poor wicket-keeping as he squandered the chances that came his way. The former gloveman reckons Australia were not innovative enough when things didn’t go their way against India.

What I saw with ‘Painey’ in Sydney and Brisbane was that he mustn’t be training hard enough; his wicket keeping technique was off when he kept to Nathan Lyon. I think his captaincy then suffered because he wasn’t trying enough as the captain. That then opens it up to what is the vice-captain doing? Pat Cummins, where are your suggestions on the field? Not much innovation at all, so that really does have to be discussed why all those people in that dressing room missed all that. It was a really strange performance by the captain, vice-captain, coach and the coaching staff”. 

Australian team is now under the pump after losing the Test series against a depleted Indian side. Furthermore, their journey to the final of ICC Test championship is going to be difficult now as they will need to win against South Africa by at least 2-0. If that series against South Africa is abandoned, then Australia won’t be able to qualify for the final.

About the Author


Written by DafaNews

DafaNews brings you the most highlighted news in the world of Sports. It serves you up-to-date matches, scores, live streams, fantasy games and quizzes. Our news covers India's prestigious leagues and events – Premier League, Pro Kabbadi League, Cricket World Cup and many more. Follow DafaNews on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,Telegram and Youtube for more updates.

Related Post
Share
Published by
DafaNews

Recent Posts

“Never expected a very easy run” – Gautam Gambhir reflects on his tenure as coach after IND vs NZ 2024 Test series defeat

India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has admitted that he never expected a very easy run… Read More

October 31, 2024

Probably has a lot to do with playing on flat wickets in T20 – Gautam Gambhir on decline of good defensive technique in Test cricket

India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir feels T20 cricket has led to the downfall of a… Read More

October 31, 2024

India needs Mumbai Test win before Australia tour – Gautam Gambhir

Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir feels the Rohit Sharma-led team desperately needs to win the… Read More

October 31, 2024

I cannot say just the batters have let us down – Gautam Gambhir feels everyone should take responsibility for series loss against New Zealand

India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir refused to blame the batters after the team’s 2-0 series… Read More

October 31, 2024

It was insane – Bronny James after scoring his first NBA bucket

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James was on cloud nine after he managed to score… Read More

October 31, 2024

I’m happy with my team’s performance: Mohun Bagan SG head coach Jose Molina after win against Hyderabad FC

Mohun Bagan Super Giant head coach Jose Molina was delighted with the team’s performance after… Read More

October 31, 2024