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      <title>Former captains slam Australia’s batting after India collapse</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former Australia cricket captains Allan Border and Michael Clarke on Monday denounced the team’s batting performance against India, calling the second innings collapse “panicky” and ill-executed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja had figures of 7-42 as he tore through Australia’s batting in the second Test in Delhi on Sunday to enable India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Australia repeatedly employed cross-bat sweep shots on a turning Dehli wicket and paid the price as they tumbled to 113 all out in their second innings after resuming on the third day at 61-1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’m disappointed, I’m shellshocked and angry about the way we went about our work,” Border told Fox News.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It was a panicky, frenetic sort of batting,” said Border, who scored more than 11,000 Test runs and was renowned for his tenacious batting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Australia captain Pat Cummins said the post-match team review would look at why his players kept employing the sweep, accelerating their collapse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cummins was among Jadeja’s victims as four Australian wickets fell for no runs with the score on 95.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Set 115 to win, India cruised to a six-wicket win in less than 27 overs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“They were all getting out playing sweep shots, reverse sweeps and playing just about every ball,” said Border, 67.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“No one got in there and tried to stem the flow with just some good defensive cricket,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“You just can’t get away with it on that sort of track.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Clarke echoed Border’s criticism.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“They’re not the right conditions to sweep when you start your innings,” Clarke told Sky Sports radio.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“And they’re never going to be the right conditions to reverse sweep against the spin at the start of your innings.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old, who scored nearly 9,000 Test runs for Australia, said the Australians should have been experienced enough to switch tactics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It doesn’t matter how many support staff there are around, you’re playing for Australia,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Surely as a batsman playing at the highest level, you calculate that risk versus reward.”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Former Australia cricket captains Allan Border and Michael Clarke on Monday denounced the team’s batting performance against India, calling the second innings collapse “panicky” and ill-executed.</strong></p>
<p>Spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja had figures of 7-42 as he tore through Australia’s batting in the second Test in Delhi on Sunday to enable India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.</p>
<p>Australia repeatedly employed cross-bat sweep shots on a turning Dehli wicket and paid the price as they tumbled to 113 all out in their second innings after resuming on the third day at 61-1.</p>
<p>“I’m disappointed, I’m shellshocked and angry about the way we went about our work,” Border told Fox News.</p>
<p>“It was a panicky, frenetic sort of batting,” said Border, who scored more than 11,000 Test runs and was renowned for his tenacious batting.</p>
<p>Australia captain Pat Cummins said the post-match team review would look at why his players kept employing the sweep, accelerating their collapse.</p>
<p>Cummins was among Jadeja’s victims as four Australian wickets fell for no runs with the score on 95.</p>
<p>Set 115 to win, India cruised to a six-wicket win in less than 27 overs.</p>
<p>“They were all getting out playing sweep shots, reverse sweeps and playing just about every ball,” said Border, 67.</p>
<p>“No one got in there and tried to stem the flow with just some good defensive cricket,” he said.</p>
<p>“You just can’t get away with it on that sort of track.”</p>
<p>Clarke echoed Border’s criticism.</p>
<p>“They’re not the right conditions to sweep when you start your innings,” Clarke told Sky Sports radio.</p>
<p>“And they’re never going to be the right conditions to reverse sweep against the spin at the start of your innings.”</p>
<p>The 41-year-old, who scored nearly 9,000 Test runs for Australia, said the Australians should have been experienced enough to switch tactics.</p>
<p>“It doesn’t matter how many support staff there are around, you’re playing for Australia,” he said.</p>
<p>“Surely as a batsman playing at the highest level, you calculate that risk versus reward.”</p>
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