Former Australia captain Allan Border has said that he feels sorry for England opener Haseeb Hameed and claims he had no chance to score runs against the Australian bowling attack in the ongoing Ashes Test series. Haseeb has scored only 65 runs in 6 innings and a lot of questions are being raised on him. The 24-year-old failed to make an impact as he batted with an overly cautious approach against Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and other Australian fast bowlers.
Border said he rarely feels sorry for a player, but he can only sympathize with Hameed when the crowd is desperate for blood and the Australian pacer is throwing hand grenades.
“Rarely, but for one person, I think Hameed is a young opener, I mean he had no chance of scoring runs. You have to play and miss 15, 20 times to score on that surface, so I feel sorry for him in that situation. Crowds desperate for blood, fast bowlers they were throwing grenades, every ball was doing something and you expected a wicket for just about every ball and he fought like anything to get through and didn’t do much ,” Border told Fox Cricket.
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Border said that Hameed must be thinking that Test cricket is the toughest format and the atmosphere at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has made it even more difficult for the opposition.
“I’m sorry, usually not for England, but for that one young opener, he should consider Test cricket the toughest game in the world. The atmosphere on the field was just like lightning and the last hour of cricket was extraordinary. was,” he said.
Meanwhile, a dazed England lost four wickets in a hostile late run to leave them 31-4 – still trailing Australia by 51 runs – and fighting to save their Ashes hopes after the second day of the third Test. Is.
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It came after the visitors – who should win in Melbourne – were shaken by four positive Covid cases in their camp, although none of them were players.
Australia were all out for 267, taking a 185-run lead in England’s first innings lead on an 82-run stand on the MCG pitch, which still offered plenty for the bowlers.
After heavy defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide, England would have to win to survive the five-Test series, with Australia only needing a draw to retain the urn as holders.
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