[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia chief coach Andrew McDonald made no bones about his team’s capitulation in the second innings of the second Test here, saying they “failed the examination” of India.Australia, who seemed to be shaping up well for the challenge with 61 for one at stumps on day 2, …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes India’s strong lower-order batting, comprising Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel among others, will be the “differentiator” in the three remaining Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Jadeja and Patel played a pivotal role with the bat in the first innings, slamming 70 and …
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[ad_1] BENGALURU: Cameron Green has an ‘outside chance’ of making it to Australia‘s playing eleven for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Grophy against India beginning on February 9 in Nagpur, said coach Andrew McDonald while talking to the media on Saturday. The young Australian all-rounder hopes to have his …
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[ad_1] BENGALURU: Australia have roped in Maheesh Pithiya, a 21-year-old spinner with uncanny resemblance to Ravichandran Ashwin, to train on spin-friendly tracks as part of their preparation for the upcoming Test series against India.Off-spinner Ashwin may prove to be a major threat for Australia, who haven’t won a Test series …
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[ad_1] BENGALURU: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes the biggest challenge for his side in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Test Trophy will be to tackle “slide spin” from the Indian tweakers in the early overs.As the tourists got down to the business of preparing for the gruelling four-Test series beginning in …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Ahead of Australia‘s Test and ODI tour of India, former spinner Steve O’Keefe has raised the pitch for separate coaches for different formats, saying that it would help reduce the pressure on one individual.Andrew McDonald is currently Australia’s all-format coach after he replaced Justin Langer last year ahead …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald is confident that their “no tour game” policy on overseas tours will serve them well in the four match Test series in India in February-March.Australia are unlikely to play any tour matches ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and would arrive in India just …
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