Cummins, Warner, Boland, Lyon and crowds: Five things to watch for in Adelaide Test | malcolmconn
Australia’s medical staff have done Pat Cummins and Australian Cricket a great service by ruling the Australian captain out of the second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide, beginning on Thursday.
Given that Australia beat England in Adelaide last summer without Cummins, who was banned because of strict Covid protocols, and the injured Josh Hazlewood, there seems no reason why they can’t beat a nondescript West Indies side that was outplayed in Perth.2. Can David Warner score a century? Having dragged a wide ball into his stumps on the first morning of the Perth Test, he then watched Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith pile on the runs. It shapes as a case of watch out West Indies.3. Will Scott Boland’s bowling average remain in single figures?
While the Adelaide Oval pitch won’t be the green mamba rolled out in Melbourne last year, it has a thick cover of thatched grass that will make Boland’s seamers a handful.Largely anonymous alongside Australia’s imposing pace attack, Nathan Lyon has become the invisible assassin. The enormity of Lyon’s achievement is highlighted by history. Just six Australian off-spinners have managed 100 or more wickets on Australia’s largely unforgiving pitches and second to Lyon on that list is Hugh Trumble, whose 141 wickets came between 1980 and 1904 when pitches could be more bowler-friendly.A little bit of history will also offer some perspective to the mumblings that the Australian cricket team is not as popular as once it was.
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