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“This Is What You Get Paid For”: Australia Great Tears Into Alastair Cook For Defending Bazball | Cricket News
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“This Is What You Get Paid For”: Australia Great Tears Into Alastair Cook For Defending Bazball | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of England Test team.© BCCIFormer Australia player Mark Waugh heavily criticised ex-England player Alastair Cook for defending Ben Stokes and Co. despite their poor show in India during the five-match Test series. "There's a little bit of the human element that comes into it. We all sit here now away from the emotions of the game. We sit here at home watching tele (TV). I am not defending England, but they have been away for getting on to eight weeks. It's a tough tour; they're not robots. I am not defending their performance but there is human element of wanting to get home and to get out of pressure," said Cook during his analysis on TNT Sports.Reacting to this, Waugh wrote on X. "I can't believe I'm hearing this from Alistair Cook. As a international cricketer this i...
“It Was Mayhem”: Ex-Australia Star’s Damning Analysis Of Indore Pitch For Third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test | Cricket News
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“It Was Mayhem”: Ex-Australia Star’s Damning Analysis Of Indore Pitch For Third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former Australia opener Mark Waugh was extremely critical of the pitch in Indore after 14 wickets fell on Day 1 of the third Test encounter between India and Australia on Wednesday. The pitch produced uneven bounce for the players and most of the batters were stunned by the amount of spin on offer for the Aussie bowlers. India were bundled out for just 109 and in response, Australia started well but ended up losing four wickets before the end of day's play. "It was mayhem. The pitch was not up to test standard, I think that's a fair thing to say," Mark Waugh told Fox Sports after the day ended."Balls going through the top (layer) in the first 20 minutes of a Test match, that's not good enough."Waugh also pointed out that the Australia batters did not attempt to play the sweep shot...