How the mighty Australians have fallen
Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , was stunned by Australia’s efforts on the third day at the MCG.
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, was stunned by Australia’s efforts on the third day at the MCG.
Nothing in the recent patchy performances of the national team prepared an incredulous crowd for the calamity they witnessed. Put it this way: in the first five hours of play, the cream of the country's cricketers managed to take a single wicket, and that caught near the boundary ... For Australia, it was not merely a bad day - it was a cricketing disaster.
In the Australian Malcolm Conn reports on how the once mighty Australia “unravelled amid terrible selections, key injuries, poor fielding and impotent bowling”.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo