AUSTRALIA CRICKET SERIES
Australian captain Tim Paine wants to bounce Sri Lanka out
Brisbane — Sri Lanka should prepare themselves for a bouncer barrage when the first day-night Test gets under way in Brisbane this week, Australian captain Tim Paine said on Wednesday. Australia’s much-vaunted pace attack had not used the bouncer effectively in their recent series loss to India, he said. The Australians went into the Test series against India boasting one of the most formidable pace attacks in world cricket, but Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were comprehensively outbowled by their Indian counterparts. To make matters worse, the three pacemen failed to get a single lbw decision as India claimed a historic series win. Paine said that while praise should go to the Indian batsmen, his bowlers will be better prepared when the day-night Test against Sri Lanka begins on Thursday. “India batted really well,” Paine conceded. “Subcontinent players, when the wickets are good, like the ball being bowled at their stumps and they don’t miss too many when they’re ...
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