02.13
Mike Hussey hinted that it was the tourists dodged a bullet ahead of Sunday’s Gabba clash as a determined Australia remained on track for a “perfect summer”…
“I think they bowled well but 225 would have been a very, very challenging score on that pitch,” the Australia batsman said in Brisbane on Saturday.
“It was two-paced, and quite a bit of seam movement. With our attack…we would have been very confident…”
“I think our performances in one-day cricket have dropped a bit because we have kept training hard,” Hussey said.
“We have been beaten in a few series by India and by the English – and I think it came down to fatigue.
“So definitely it has been a plan of the group to focus on rehab.”
“It would be pretty special, particularly coming into this summer when there were a lot of question marks over the team,” he said.
“And maybe within our own group there were a lot of questions we had to answer.
“And I think we have done that in fine style this summer.”
Michael Hussey doesn’t expect Australia’s batsmen to be tied down again by West Indies’ band of medium pacers in the potential series-decider at the Gabba on Sunday…
Roach is likely to miss out again with a left ankle injury, leaving West Indies to rely on their batch of un-frightening but effective seamers…
“Somewhere like the Gabba where it’s a lot more truer, with good bounce and good pace, and comes on to the bat a little bit more, I think it will suit our batting a bit more than it did in Sydney,” he said.
“They mix up their pace very well, and try and be a little bit more defensive with their approach,” Hussey said.
“Not so much trying to get you out but trying to keep the run-scoring down.
“Sometimes in one-day games the pressure can build up and you probably go looking for something that’s not quite there. With the quality of batsmen we have all the way down our list, if we just keep looking to play good shots then we can put the pressure back on their medium pacers.”
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