Robinson also took the opportunity to question Australia’s batting depth, claiming the tourists have brought over “three No. 11’s” with Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland and Josh Hazlewood.
“It‘s something we spoke about as a group,” Robinson said. ”We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they’ve got three No. 11s. It’s something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings.”
The only way they break that up is including the Wayward Mitch Starc(unlikely given how poor he did against India in WTC - Eng is much better side), or Neser/Abbott. But Haze if fit will always get the nod over those guys given his excellent Ashes record in 2019. Maybe if they rotate and use Neser soon, it will help balance the side. They will assess how they go in this test.
3 No.11's will eventually bite as the series goes on, by basic laws of mathematics and probability. Eng bat all the way to no.10 - Robinson.
“It‘s something we spoke about as a group,” Robinson said. ”We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they’ve got three No. 11s. It’s something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings.”
The only way they break that up is including the Wayward Mitch Starc(unlikely given how poor he did against India in WTC - Eng is much better side), or Neser/Abbott. But Haze if fit will always get the nod over those guys given his excellent Ashes record in 2019. Maybe if they rotate and use Neser soon, it will help balance the side. They will assess how they go in this test.
3 No.11's will eventually bite as the series goes on, by basic laws of mathematics and probability. Eng bat all the way to no.10 - Robinson.
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