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Smith aghast by mindboggling DRS call | 01:42Michael Clarke has delivered a timely reality check for the Australian cricket team, taking aim at selectors for the sensational axing of Alex Carey and “horrible” preparation in the lead-up to the World Cup.crashing to a 134-run loss to South Africa after a horror collapse of 6-43Australia made two changes ahead of Thursday’s game, with Marcus Stoinis returning from injury to replace Cameron Green while Carey was dumped for Josh Inglis.
“I don’t know how they drop Alex Carey after one game, like what’s the point of taking him? And now what do you do? You reinstate him? You bring him back? “I fought harder than anyone for Pat Cummins to be Australian captain and I still stand here and say I think he’s the right man for the job but tactically last night I think he got it wrong again,” Clarke said.
“It becomes a plague because Australia aren’t thinking aggressively enough, they’re waiting for the game to come to them rather than grabbing the game,” Taylor said of the missed opportunities. “He rested a game in India. He had to be on the park, he had to play more cricket to be ready to captain this team tactically before going into this World Cup campaign.”The preparation for the World Cup was another topic that Clarke kept coming back to, describing it as “horrible” and accusing Australia of repeating past mistakes in that regard.
“Now here, our preparation for this World Cup, we won two games out of seven. We had a brilliant lead-in for this World Cup, an awesome amount of cricket, good competitive cricket. “We should have turned up to India in our prime.”
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