A glimpse of Australia's weakness
Barney Ronay feels that although Australia had the better of things in the first Test against Australia in Bangalore, other teams will take encouragement from the game
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Barney Ronay feels that although Australia had the better of things in the first Test against Australia in Bangalore, other teams will take encouragement from the game. He writes on the Guardian website:
They are still a formidable bunch but quite how they deal both with a lack of variety and the absence of that genuine, twin-pronged, match-winning penetration will be fascinating to watch – not just for the rest of this series, but during the gruelling whistle-stop itinerary on which Ponting is about to lead his team, with home and away series against South Africa in the pipeline, plus next summer's Ashes. Australia might yet win all of these. But the gap has visibly narrowed. This is a stodgier, more human bunch of world champions, one less assured of punching all the right pressure points at all the right times.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo