Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has criticised Australia for the defensive field setting on Day 1 of the first Ashes 2023 Test against England at Edgbaston on Friday, June 16.
Nasser Hussain Said:
“By posting a deep point as early as the first over it looked like they [Australia] were admitting ‘We know you can do that against us, and we are going to have to set the field accordingly.’ They were reacting before anything had happened in effect and it was a surprise in some ways to see Australia blink first,” he wrote.
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“Whether it was simply a mark of respect for the way England have been playing or just a tactic by Australia to keep their opponents under pressure, to keep them under control in the hope that they’d do something silly, only they will know,”.
“And they kept the field out whenever a new batter walked in, which meant players like Joe Root and Harry Brook took advantage of knocking it square of the wicket on either side for singles, The great Shane Warne used to hate that kind of thing. As a bowler, he wanted six balls at the new guy. He didn’t want them to knock it for one and get up the other end,” he added.