‘We Back Them in’: Australia to Persist with Wobbly Top Order as Smith Comeback Looms
- Earlier this month, Ian Healy criticised batting coach Michael Di Venuto, claiming the top six has regressed under his tenure since mid-2021.
- That decline in Australia's Test batting performance since mid-2021 has worsened under coach Di Venuto, with the top order faltering without Smith and Labuschagne.
- At Kensington Oval, Sam Konstas scored just eight runs across two innings, with Australia losing early wickets in the first Test.
- Following Healy’s warning, he urges pressure on batting coaches amid Australia's declining run-scoring across the nation.
- Ahead of the July 3-7 second Test in Grenada, Australia's squad expects Steve Smith's return, with his Caribbean experience seen as vital to sealing the series.
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‘We back them in’: Australia to persist with wobbly top order as Smith comeback looms
Steve Smith is eyeing a return for the second Test in Grenada as Pat Cummins threw his support behind an under-fire top order after patchy Barbados showing.
'I think it is likely herbelpel': Andrew McDonald reflects that Steve Smith is Fit for the second test of Australia against West India
New Delhi [India] June 29 (ANI): After the composite fracture that Steve Smith was contracted during the World Test Championship against South Africa near Lord's, he is on schedule to be fit for the second test of Australia against West India in Grenada. Smith spent the last week in New York, where he had a […]
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