Australia, without some of their best batsmen and bowlers, will have to win the third ODI against England on Tuesday to stay alive in the five-match series. And the onus is on the batsmen to change the tide. Calling for the top-order batsmen, including himself, to be “more accountable”, Aaron Finch said in the lead up to the third ODI at Trent Bridge that there had been far too many mistakes on their part in the first two games.
“At times, I think, we’re playing some good cricket, at times we’re making some mistakes that seem to be happening pretty regularly. We keep talking about middle-order collapses and losing wickets in clumps and it keeps happening,” said Finch, who has scored 19 and 0 so far, first opening the innings and then batting at No.5.
“I don’t know whether we’re working ourselves up into a frenzy about things like that but it’s disappointing obviously.”
Australia have now lost 13 of their last 15 completed ODIs and seven of the last eight. If they lose this series, it will be their fourth successive bilateral ODI series loss.
