Adelaide: England head to the second ash test day and night at Adelaide on Thursday under pressure and faced an unpleasant task against the Australian team who had won all their eight pink ball matches.
The capitulation of tourists with nine-goal in the opening test in Brisbane exposes their batting and penjanjas weakness, is exacerbated by the preparation of rain hit and lack of practice of matches.
It was not helped by poor decision making – especially captain Joe root picking for bats after winning a juicy pitch on aqueous Gabbba pitch and veteran negligence Jimmy Anderson and Stuart was criticized.
Root knows his team must find a way to improve, and quickly, to achieve opportunities in the land where Australia has held five of their eight tests under the lights.
“We must be better in the field and with bats,” he said, but added: “We squeeze now, we are in a series.” Anamer Broad and Anderson led to again remembering the extra movements found with a pink ball, something Chris Silverwood coach hinted this week.
“Jimmy will be fit and is ready to do the second test, like Stuart,” he told British media.
“We have talent and we still have the two best (bowlers) on our sleeves too.” It would likely mean one of the Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood or Chris Woakes lost, and England also had to decide what to do with Spinner Jack Leach, who was hammered for 1-102 of 13 overs in Gabba.
While losing to nine-goal was pretty bad, they also fined all the cost of the match and the championship points of an anchored test for a slow level.
There was also worries over Ben Stokes, who failed to shoot in his first competitive match in six months after a break to handle finger injury and mental health problems.
Root insists on England’s star, the all-rounder will rise again and warn Australia: “You write Ben angrily at your own danger.” Silverwood said the team looked forward, instead of thinking about defeat.
“Obviously they are sick, but there is trust they can win this series,” he said, even though England lost three of the four night tests they had played so far.
“We have players here who can match Australia.
Beliefs are there that we can compete with Australia, and that’s what we have to do.” Australia has their own headache, with Josh Hazlewood overrides with side tensions.
This is a big blow with Fast Bowler who offered a 32-goal ball record only at 19.90.
He was the main destroyer in Adelaide a year ago, taking 5-8 extraordinary when India was rolled with only 36 in their second round.
The Australian captain Pat Cummins said after Brisbane that Hazlewood’s injury was “nothing too serious”, but the voters chose not to risk him with a day boxing test in Melbourne coming hot on the adelaide heel.
Jhye Richardson is a danger to add to the two tests and pioneered the attack with Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon, although Michael Neser is also an option.
There was also an explosive opening worrner David Warner, who scored 94 in Brisbane.
He had breastfeeded bruised ribs and not a little in the second round of Australia when only 20 runs needed to win.
Usman Khawaja who is experienced is the possibility of open replacement with Marcus Harris if Australia chose to rest Warner.
Even so, Cummins believes his team took the advantage of Abu 2-0 considering Australia’s pink ball record which was not deleted in Adelaide and Thumping they handed over England last week.
“We will go to Adelaide, the place we like play and pink balls are a little different …
There are a few more unknown,” he said.
“But it’s a format that we really enjoy and adelaide oval a good place to play cricket.”
The English Warneged faces the challenge of the pink ball in the second ash test
