Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ryan Marshal says England testament resile gage so Aussies must penalize serial spell they can

Australia now heads to the WACA ground for the third Test starting on Friday, at a venue England where has won only once in 12 attempts, in 1978.
"It's exciting that we're going to a ground where we feel so comfortable playing at, but in saying that I've also experienced some defeats in my career in Perth," skipper Clarke said.
"I'm more concerned about making sure we play the same brand of cricket that we've played so far this series.
"I don't think it matters the conditions we play in, if we continue to play the brand we play, the positive is we know the conditions and guys like Mitchell and Ryan and Peter (Siddle) love bowling when there's a bit more pace and bounce. But the main focus is to play the same brand and we're as well prepared as we were for this Test."

Lehmann said despite England's batsmen clearly struggling to handle Australia's quick men, the pace-friendly Perth did not guarantee a walkover.
"I think it will be a lot tougher than everyone's saying," Lehmann said.
"There will be some bounce and carry. It's been a good wicket this year so again we'll have to play well. The challenge for us is backing that up and not getting complacent - we certainly won't be doing that.
"We'll be trying to play the brand of cricket that's made us a lot of runs and taken wickets."
Despite the 2-0 deficit and England suffering back-to-back, 200-run defeats for just the second time in its history, captain Alastair Cook said the Poms were only one win away from a series revival.
"It's certainly not impossible," he said. "A lot of people sitting in this room and outside probably give us no chance. But if we believe in the dressingroom that urn is gone then it might as well be.
"Two-nil is not a great position to be in, but if you look at it like a football game, the next goal could change it very quickly. As I said it's going to take a monumental effort from us to do it - but we're the only guys who can turn it around."