Australia’s cricketers can’t please everyone all the time. But a Pakistan thrashing risks upsetting fans and the broadcaster.
, making mincemeat of their batting in particular. But that was about all the two assignments had in common. For evidence of this, look no further than the activities of the captain.Pat Cummins was the centre of a bold and brilliant Cup campaign
The top priority right now, so far as the Australian set-up is concerned, is being rested and ready for the looming Test series against India on home soil.Cummins and other senior players were spared the long-haul trip from east coast to west so they would be as fresh as possible when they do travel to Perth for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar series.
The game style of the Australian white-ball side, all dash and brio at the top of the order, is geared specifically for flat, low pitches – the sorts of surfaces encountered both in India last year and at next year’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
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