IND vs AUS: Michael Clarke slams selectors as Australia eye comeback after large Nagpur Test defeat
Former captain Michael Clarke has slammed Australian selectors for the ‘weird’ staff choice within the first Test in opposition to India. Australia suffered a large defeat as India received the collection opener by innings and 132 runs.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 14, 2023 12:19 IST
IND vs AUS: Playing Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy will not be the correct steadiness, says Michael Clarke (AFP Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: Australia captain Michael Clarke slammed the selectors, saying that the vacationers have managed to nook themselves by dropping Travis Head and choosing two off-spinners for the series-opening Nagpur Test in opposition to India.
In the primary Test, the selectors stunned everybody by choosing Matt Renshaw over Travis Head. While Renshaw made a golden duck and two runs, debutant Todd Murphy was Australia’s finest participant, taking 7-124 on a spinning Nagpur pitch.
Matthew Kuhnemann has been added to the squad as a right-handed spinner, however becoming him into the beginning lineup shall be tough given Murphy’s sturdy efficiency. Clark acknowledged that selectors can not miss off-spinner Murphy, however they will additionally not miss veteran Nathan Lyon.
“I think they’ve painted themselves into a corner where it’s very difficult to change the team,” Clarke stated on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast.
“It’s such a corner that they’re almost stuck and unless they get some injury relief – ie. Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green come back – I don’t see how they can make any changes without looking like, A; there’s a massive over-reaction to what happened in the first game, or two; accepting they got it wrong, and I don’t think they want to do either of those.”
Clarke believes Travis Head ought to have began forward of Matt Renshaw, and that head coach Andrew McDonald’s protection of Australia’s alternatives has made issues harder heading into the second Test, during which Australia is trying to make a comeback.
“Travis Head at No.5, if you start with him and it doesn’t work, then you can make a change,” he stated.
“Now, they either shoot themselves in the foot if they drop Matthew Renshaw because they say ‘okay, we made a mistake’, and Andrew McDonald has come out and said ‘we haven’t made a mistake’.
“They’ve put themselves in such a troublesome place.”
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Feb 14, 2023
