Australian head coach Justin Langer recalled Australia’s over-rate breach at the Melbourne Cricket ground (MCG) as they missed out on a spot in the ICC World Test Championship Final by decimals!! They were docked 4 points and because of which Australia had to miss the second place in the points table to New Zealand.
“This might be the silliest thing I’ve ever said, but our manager Gavin Dovey…he’d been away, he’d gone home for Christmas to be with his family. It wasn’t until after the game that we realized our over rate was down. Now, that’s really slack on our behalf,” said Justin Langer.
“I remember we were in the team room afterwards and I spoke to Paine and Dene Hills, our analyst, about it. I was a bit grumpy about it and I thought ‘imagine if this cost us the World Test Championship’. And I mentioned to the players afterwards that two overs down could cost us the World Test Championship. And so, we have to get better at that and make sure it doesn’t happen in Sydney and Brisbane,” added Langer.
With the Australia tour of South Africa cancelled, they had to rely on the result of the recently-concluded 4-match Test series between India and England in India. However, home team India pipped England by 3-1 to take a place in the ICC World Test Championship Final.
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