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
Last night, though, as Pakistan took out the series by a resounding eight-wicket margin at a sparsely populated Perth Stadium, Cummins was at another concrete bowl on the other side of the country. He saw Coldplay in Sydney with his wife Becky. That Test team travel day, by the way, will be 24 hours before the final Twenty20 game against Pakistan in Hobart, part of a series that starts on Thursday in Brisbane. In this dizzying context, no player should be pitied more than Josh Inglis, entrusted with the white-ball captaincy while Cummins and company rest, but also part of the Test squad for the first game.India, meanwhile, have three distinct squads either playing, travelling or preparing, in multiple formats at once.
Right now, the risk of Australia’s approach is to invite exactly the “harsh scrutiny” Cummins spoke about. A pair of vast defeats at the hands of Pakistan, without a single batter passing 50 all series, should be cause for genuine concern at Cricket Australia.
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