Australia will need a Lazarus-like rise to rebound from a bruising 0-2 start to their 50-over World Cup campaign in India, leaving them with serious issues to ponder.
Not so fun fact: Walter Burley Griffin, the American architect who designed Canberra, spent the last two years of his life in Lucknow and died there in 1937. India is where lots of Australia’s best ideas come to die. The latest in mortal danger is Australia’s World Cup campaign.
Then there’s injured players. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, with recent neck and shoulder stiffness, looks sore, though coach Andrew McDonald denied it. Marcus Stoinis spent his first two weeks in India rehabbing a hamstring and looked rusty upon his return on Thursday night. That dropped catch … It is also why Carey was dropped as well as Green, stunning former skippers Michael Clarke and Tim Paine. McDonald said Green was not so much dropped as Stoinis restored. But Carey’s axing unwittingly casts him as a scapegoat.“We haven’t been able to navigate through the middle as well as what we’d like,” McDonald said. “We’ve relied on top order starts to get the big totals that are required.
Otherwise, the attack is OK. South Africa’s 7-311 was an achievable target on Thursday until suddenly it wasn’t.Pat Cummins is in possibly an unprecedented position in Australian cricket history. As a seamer, he is the most expendable of Australia’s acclaimed trio in this format. Sean Abbott stands by, and would stiffen the batting. But as captain, Cummins intends to play every game.
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