supercity88
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The batting is abysml no one apart from Root cares about thier wicket.
Swinging from the hip will not work down under.Cummins,Hazelwood and Starc will be licking thier lips at the prospect of easy wickets.
100%. What would be incredibly refreshing is for Baz and Stokes to give it the biggun and talk about how they're going to stick it to the aussies and then play traditional test cricket where they dig in and punish the bad ball. We're still often trying to seek that fine balance between aggressive attacking cricket, which has undoubtedly improved the overall batting performance of this side, and digging in when wickets are tumbling. Considering Root's yet to score a century in Australia and averages 35 down under, we're going to need everyone to care as much about their wicket. Otherwise he'll be coming in to a new ball and struggling the same as he always has over there.
Bowling attack for the Ashes is still a big unknown as well.