Travis Head, a batsman for Australia, has stated that he is unconcerned by England’s “nice chat” before to the second test match being played at Lord’s.
After a dramatic two-wicket triumph in the series opener at Edgbaston, the squad led by Head is 1-0 up in the five-match tournament. However, for certain members of the England side, emboldened by their aggressive ‘Bazball style, it seems as if the defeat has not registered.
Ollie Robinson, a seamer for England, was criticized by Australian greats Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting for his expletive-filled send-off to Usman Khawaja at Edgbaston. This week, Robinson expressed his amazement at the visitors’ “defensive” approach and said that they would need to alter in order to win the series. Hayden and Ponting were there at Edgbaston.
In a recent interview on Times Radio, home opener Zak Crawley forecasted that England will prevail at Lord’s by a margin of 150 runs.
“We’re only going for the lunch (at Lord’s), apparently,” Head joked to 9News Sydney. “Yeah, they (England) have this mantra that they’re trying to go at,” the speaker said.
“Not only on the field, but also off the field, they are throwing some nice chat out,” the commentator said, “but this team is truly just worried about what we need to do to win the second Test to go 2-0 up and put some pressure on them.”
On Sunday, Australia held a practice session at Lord’s, the venue for the second test match, which will begin on Wednesday.
At Edgbaston, the fact that Australia’s premier batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith scored a combined total of only 35 runs over the course of four innings is cause for concern for the Australian team.
While batting in the nets on Saturday, Labuschagne also received a severe blow to a finger on his right hand. This injury occurred while he was using his right hand.
While this was going on, Ponting, who is now working as a commentator during the Ashes and was known as one of the best batters of his age, stated that he would be delighted to assist Labuschagne if the batsman requested for his assistance.
Ponting said in an interview with the ICC Review, “I would like to catch up with him (Labuschagne) and have a chat about his batting.” “I think what I’ve seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I’m concerned, I think he’s over complicating things a little bit,” Ponting said. “I would like to catch up with him and have a chat about his batting.”
“I think he needs to trust and believe in what has made him the No. 2-ranked Test batsman for the last couple of years and go back to trusting that,” I said. “I think he needs to go back to trusting that.” I would recommend that he view a video of himself playing when he was at his best, write down the things that he did well, and try to replicate those successes in the future.