‘Sitting on the couch’: Cricket greats roasted after ‘disaster’

Former Test skipper Tim Paine has turned the array connected the critics of the Australian squad aft the ODI bid fearfulness amusement against Pakistan.

On the aforesaid time Aussie fable Michael Clarke lashed the disrespect shown by Cricket Australia and nationalist selectors, Paine has defended the players progressive successful the historical 2-1 bid decision — thing Pakistan had not achieved successful Australia successful 22 years.

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Former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy and erstwhile England Test skipper Michael Vaughan were among the commentators to criticise Australia’s show aft the hosts were knocked implicit for measly totals of 140 and 163 successful the last 2 matches.

“Six for 91 is conscionable not bully capable for players that are trying to beryllium their worthy astatine this level,” Vaughan said connected the Fox Cricket broadcast.

“Let’s beryllium honest, for 3 games I don’t retrieve seeing an Australian batting line-up look truthful exposed.

“Three games connected the trot against a spot of pace, a spot of movement. It’s not express, it’s not rapid.

“But they’ve been wholly exposed.

“You’ve got to retrieve they are satellite champions — the champion squad successful the world.”

Paine alternatively launched an impassioned defence of the squad captained by Josh Inglis.

“That annoyed me. People were saying, ‘Oh, I can’t judge however atrocious the Australian cricket squad are’,” said the erstwhile Australian Test skipper connected SEN radio.

“These are cricket commentators, and world-class cricket commentators, saying, ‘I can’t judge what I’m watching, this is the World Cup holders’.

“No, it’s not. The World Cup holders are sitting connected the sofa getting acceptable for a Test series.

“Let’s conscionable pump the brakes connected the, ‘I can’t judge we’re seeing this show from the satellite champions’.

“We’re blooding immoderate younker to springiness them acquisition astatine the planetary level whilst the large boys get acceptable for 2 hugely important bid — 1 successful Test cricket and 1 successful white-ball [cricket].

“Relax. It’s OK.”

Healy has besides been outspoken astir the reckless attack shown by Australian batsmen.

The iconic glovesman took purpose astatine Jake Fraser-McGurk and chap opener Matt Short pursuing the team’s triumph successful the bid opener.

“We are gearing up for a Champions Trophy, truthful determination aren’t galore trials earlier a squad has to beryllium selected,” helium said connected SEN vigor successful Queensland.

“We should beryllium playing these games properly.

“Our changeable enactment was mediocre and to me, Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk were playing similar schoolyard bullies. The disregard for the conditions wasn’t bully enough.”

Healy has not backed down from his comments contempt a nationalist effect from Fraser-McGurk, wherever the opener said helium volition not alteration his assertive approach.

The 60-year-old doubled down successful a file written for SEN on Monday.

Healy called the bid a “disaster” for Australia.

“I don’t spell swinging aft the fact, but I’ll conscionable adhd to what has already been said with what I’ve seen and work successful the catastrophe that was the large Pakistan triumph having been 1-0 down successful a three-match series,” Healy wrote.

“My archetypal crippled 1 critique fell connected deaf ears, and rookies were not lone OK to explicit opinions that were incorrect but encouraged to support going with tactics that person ne'er worked successful Australia.”

Healy was besides scathing of manager Andrew McDonald’s effort to support his players aft seeing them bowled retired for 140 successful 31.5 overs and 163 successful 35 overs.

He appeared to suggest said McDonald and batting manager Michael Di Venuto would privately beryllium “seething”.

“For mine, the Australian coach’s judgement went connected the enactment successful crippled three,” Healy said.

“He openly explained connected Saturday that he’d heard the disapproval that his strategies were unsafe erstwhile grit and warring for 40 oregon 50 much present and determination mightiness beryllium the mode to get the totals you request successful Australian conditions.

“After crippled two, helium scratched his caput saying determination were antiaircraft shots successful that rubble of 163.

“So, I went backmost and had a look, what antiaircraft shots was helium talking about? There were two.

“An airy wafting LBW, a stand-up screen thrust effort to deed a shot connected the up, a tentative chopped changeable caught astatine cover, a precocious chop connected a propulsion shot, and a backmost distant leader changeable didn’t adjacent get a mention. It was conscionable the 2 antiaircraft shots that helium wanted to speech about.

“His batting manager indispensable beryllium softly seething that the radical of newbies playing yesterday were forced to larn the hard mode and ticker however large bowlers bash it pugnacious erstwhile Pakistan batted appropriately.”

It comes amid revelations Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins was astatine a Coldplay performance successful Sydney arsenic the B-grade Australian outfit succumbed to Pakistan.

Clarke connected Monday questioned wherefore Test players including Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Marnus Labuschagne were near retired of a series-deciding lucifer to remainder up for the Test bid against India that begins successful Perth connected November 22.

Their trial teammate Alex Carey volition connected Tuesday play successful a home one-day crippled for South Australia and Clarke said it appeared Cricket Australia “don’t attraction astir losing”.

“I’m conscionable a spot confused, truthful 11 days betwixt present and the archetypal Test, wherefore can’t the Aussie boys who are portion of this Test bid play successful the one-dayer,” helium said connected his Big Sports Breakfast vigor show.

“They are going to spell to grooming and get flogged.

“If Australia had won the archetypal 2 games, past you tin recognize wherefore they remainder their large fish, but it was bid connected the line.

“You can’t expect the fans to privation and travel and ticker one-day cricket. We are bagging one-day cricket, nary 1 is turning up, hasn’t got the interest, I wonderment why. I consciousness similar we evidently don’t attraction astir losing that series. If you’re not going to care, we’re not going to care.

“I deliberation we person it wrong. I recognize resting for Test cricket, I emotion that, but it’s a one-day game. They are going to vessel much than that astatine training.”

An Instagram station revealed Cummins was astatine the performance with his woman Becky, rested aft playing the opening 2 matches of the series.