Cricket: Mitchell Marsh was left ruing a dreadful dropped catch when Virat Kohli was on 12, as the India star would go on to score 85 to lead his side to victory.
Kohli makes Aussies pay for HORROR drop | 02:08Former Australian captain Tim Paine believes keeper Alex Carey is still carrying a mental burden from his controversial Ashes stumping after his opening World Cup failure put his position in the spotlight.as his team’s first-choice gloveman despite middling batting returns in recent white-ball games, a 99 in South Africa his only score above 14 in his past eight outings.
The keeper was also involved in the dropped catch of matchwinner Virat Kohli, chasing the skied ball before pulling out and watching as Mitch Marsh spilt the ball. “Whether that’s had an effect on him mentally because there was no doubt he copped an absolute barrel over there from everyone. I know it was a really difficult time for him and his family, he couldn’t go out for a coffee without copping abuse.
Despite Carey having McDonald’s backing, Paine said selectors could be forced to make a call on Carey early in the tournament if Australia wanted to progress deep, with Inglis in form and waiting in the wings.
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