I’ve watched Australia play Test Cricket for nearly forty years and I just saw the worst batting performance I’ve seen an Australian team offer up in that time.
And I watched them through the dark days of the mid to late eighties against rampant West Indian attacks.
Their performance is an exception that proves the rule about not judging a pitch before both teams have had turns both batting and bowling on the surface.
The conditions were not exceptional, the bowling was not overwhelming – though it was very good.
Anyway, for the purposes of posterity, here’s a scorecard.
Maybe they should promote extras up the order, maybe to about number four.
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