Following an exhilarating two-wicket victory within the sequence opener at Edgbaston, Head’s workforce presently holds a 1-0 benefit within the five-match contest. However, it seems that some members of the English aspect, buoyed by their aggressive ‘Bazball method, appear unaffected by the loss.
England seamer Ollie Robinson confronted criticism from Australian legends Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting for his profanity-laced send-off to Usman Khawaja at Edgbaston, expressed shock this week on the defensive method of the vacationers. Robinson prompt {that a} change in technique can be obligatory for Australia to safe the sequence victory.
And dwelling opener Zak Crawley predicted on Times Radio not too long ago that England would win at Lord’s by 150 runs.
“We’re only going for the lunch (at Lord’s), apparently,” Head jokingly advised 9News Sydney. “Yeah, they (England) have got this mantra they’re going at.
“Not simply on the sector however off the sector they’re throwing some good chat out, however this workforce is actually simply frightened about what we have to do to win the second Test to go 2-0 up and put some strain on them.”
Australia trained at Lord’s on Sunday, where the second Test starts on Wednesday.
One concern for Australia is that star batsmen Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith managed a mere 35 runs combined across four innings at Edgbaston.
Labuschagne also suffered a painful blow to a finger on his right hand while batting in the nets on Saturday.
Meanwhile Ponting, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation and now working as a broadcaster during the Ashes, said he would be happy to help Labuschagne if the batsman asked him for assistance.
“I wish to meet up with him (Labuschagne) and have a chat about his batting, as a result of I feel what I’ve seen during the last couple of weeks, so far as I’m involved, I feel he is over complicating issues a little bit bit,” Ponting told the ICC Review.
“I feel he has to belief and imagine in what’s made him the No. 2-ranked Test batsman for the final couple of years and return to trusting that. I might really inform him to look at some video of when he is really performed his finest, and keep in mind these issues and try this another time.”
(With AFP Inputs)
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