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Kasuza was stretchered off after being struck by a Kusal Mendis pull while fielding at short leg for the second time in two Tests

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Jan-2020Zimbabwe opener Kevin Kasuza was taken off the field on a stretcher after being struck flush on the helmet for the second time in two Tests.He was rushed to the hospital for scans and was later diagnosed with a mild concussion.* Although he is stable, medical staff will continue monitoring him. Timycen Maruma has been named as his replacement.Kasuza sustained the blow on the third morning of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Harare when Kusal Mendis nailed a powerful back-foot pull, which hit the side of the helmet of forward short-leg fielder Kasuza, who immediately hit the ground even as the ball ricocheted to square leg, where Carl Mumba took the catch to send back Mendis for 22 off 73 balls.Kasuza was in visible pain and was consequently stretchered off the field by the Zimbabwe medical staff.Incidentally, it was a repeat of what happened in the first Test. Then, too, it was Mendis, who had struck Kasuza on the helmet when he was fielding at the same position on the third day of the match. In that game, Kasuza had not immediately felt the effects of the blow, but suffered a delayed concussion and was eventually substituted out of the match, which was his international debut. As a result, Zimbabwe named a like-for-like replacement in opener Brian Mudzinganyama.While Kasuza has endured a tough time on the field in his first two Tests, he has shown promise with the bat, following up his 63 in the first Test with an equally solid 38 in the second. Kasuza helped see off the new ball in the second Test and set the base for Zimbabwe’s first-innings total of 406.*The story was updated at 13.15GMT with the concussion news.

The home team battled hard against adversity to make the most talked about final in women’s cricket history

Andrew McGlashan in Sydney05-Mar-2020It was one of the most stressful days of Meg Lanning’s career. Some of her team-mates had given it up and even refused to open the curtains in the morning as the rain pelted Sydney.”I thought we were out,” Megan Schutt admitted. “When I rocked up to the ground and saw the rain, saw the gloomy England team I thought that was it, our World Cup was over.””I didn’t even bother opening the curtains in my room today, because I just couldn’t bring myself to look outside,” Beth Mooney said.Then the rain cleared for Australia to bat 20 overs only to return at the change of the innings. Would the weather still send South Africa through? The team made no secret of their eagerness to get back into the middle, huddling on the boundary edge even as the drizzle persisted.”Did you see us all quickly run out there when it was still raining?,” Delissa Kimmince said. “We were just doing all we could to get out on the field. It was still raining but we knew what the cut-off time was but we just wanted to push our case. We knew we had to get 10 overs so we were trying everything we could. Lucky enough it cleared up for just enough.”It stopped to allow a 13-over chase but the radar was threatening all around Sydney. Ten overs was needed for the match, but Australia couldn’t lose their focus on the rush to get there and let South Africa skip ahead on DLS.However, their bowling and fielding had given them the breathing space to survive the late dip by Laura Wolvaardt – a player who can dominate the game for the next decade and more – and 19 off the last over was more than enough for Jess Jonassen to defend.”We were pretty confident,” Lanning said. “We knew the cut-off and the radar was pretty clear once that patch had gone through, and the grounds crew said that as well. We were confident we could get back on. It was nice it was able to clear up for a bit.”Meg Lanning steers the ball behind square•Getty Images

For a player, and captain, known for keeping her emotions in check, Lanning’s relief and delight was clear the moment the final ball had become dead.”It wasn’t an easy day,” she said. “We had a lot of waiting around and just hoping the weather was going to hold off. We got a little bit lucky, I guess. We’ve really built throughout this tournament. We’ve had a lot thrown at us. To be able to sort of come together in a really big moment is certainly very special. We’ll certainly enjoy the win knowing there’s something massive coming up over the next few days.”Even the last over, the last few balls, you just never can rest and think you’ve got it in the bag. South Africa played extremely well. They took it right to the end. We sort of got a bit of momentum with both bat and ball, but they were able to pull it back really well. It was a tough game. I really feel for them. We certainly had to play very well to get through.”Another display of emotion came from Ellyse Perry who has been retained as part of the squad after her tournament-ending injury”I got off the field after the game and she had tears in her eyes,” Schutt said. “And that made me tear up because you don’t really see that emotion from Pez. For her to show the pain the other day you knew there was a serious injury there, she doesn’t really show her pain. To come off the field and see the absolute pure joy in her eyes and the tears as well, I could have cried in that moment and it shows the team character that she is.”Australia have overcome a defeat in the opening game of the tournament, being 10 for 3 in the chase against Sri Lanka, an injury to their fastest bowler, the loss of their talismanic allrounder and the threat of a washout to reach the most talked about final in the history of the women’s game.”I think it shows that we have a lot of resilience and are able to adapt to different situations,” Lanning said. “It hasn’t been a smooth journey to the final. You sit down at the start of the tournament and think about how things might go, and none of that has happened for us really, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get a result, and that’s the attitude we’ve got. I think different players have stood up at different times, and we’ve had to adapt our game style, and that’s fine. We’ve got the players to do it.”Our attitude throughout has really been very positive and just enjoying the moment. The good thing is we’ve given ourselves an opportunity now, and that’s all we wanted to do. So we just want to have smiles on our faces and take the game on on Sunday. It’s going to be a great game.”

South Africa’s coach was hired on a deal that would keep him in place until the originally scheduled end of the tournament

Firdose Moonda20-Jul-2020Cricket South Africa’s board will need to consider if Mark Boucher’s contract as head coach will extend to the rescheduled 2023 World Cup after the ICC moved the tournament from its original February-March window to October-November.Boucher was hired in mid-December 2019 on a deal that would keep him in place until the World Cup’s originally scheduled finish in the first quarter of 2023. With the competition moved back by seven months, the duration of Boucher’s tenure could be reconsidered.”The board may need to consider the fact that with the World Cup being moved, the dates no longer doesn’t align with World Cup,” CSA acting CEO Dr. Jacques Faul told ESPNcricinfo.Boucher has so far overseen South Africa through one summer, in which they lost a home Test series to England and won only one of five trophies on offer. His next assignment was due to be a white-ball series in Sri Lanka in June, followed by a two-Test, five-T20I series in West Indies.In the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sri Lanka tour has been postponed and the Caribbean trip will have to be rescheduled, with West Indies due to be in England until July 29. CSA is in ongoing discussions with Cricket West Indies on when and where to play the series, especially as South Africa’s coronavirus cases rise.The news of the rescheduling of the ICC’s next three global tournaments also means that South Africa’s Future Tours Programme is likely to be reworked. They were due to host India for three T20Is in August, but the matches could be played as late as March in order to ensure they take place in the 2020-21 financial year. The fixtures will earn CSA USD 10 million.

Three wickets apiece for Marcus O’Riordan and Harry Podmore keep Kent fighting

ECB Reporters Network08-Aug-2020Kent’s Harry Podmore and Marcus O’Riordan took three wickets apiece while Sussex captain Ben Brown top-scored with an unbeaten 90 as honours finished even on the opening day of this Bob Willis Trophy south group clash at a sultry Canterbury.O’Riordan, the 22-year-old offspinner making only his third first-class appearance, took career-best figures of 3 for 50 and former Middlesex seamer Podmore bagged 3 for 74 while Brown stood firm for over four hours to see Sussex in at stumps on 320 for 9.The visitors lost three wickets in the opening session all due to batting errors. After hitting four boundaries in a run-a-ball cameo worth 19, Phil Salt feathered a tentative prod outside off to the keeper from a Darren Stevens leg-cutter to make it 27 for 1.Second-wicket partners Harry Finch and Tom Haines added 50 from 80 balls before Kent debutant Tim Groenewald, bowling around the wicket, had left-handed Haines caught off an edged drive by Jordan Cox at slip for an attractive 21. Then, on the cusp of lunch, Finch fell for 37, caught at slip when aiming to slog-sweep O’Riordan.Resuming after lunch on 93 for 3, Sussex ploughed on through Brown and Tom Clark who added 83 in almost 22 overs to take Sussex to their first batting bonus point. Clark contributed a 77-ball half-century – his maiden first-class fifty – with eight boundaries but the left-hander tossed away his wicket for 65 when dancing down the pitch to O’Riordan only to chip a simple catch to mid-on.Sporting his new-look bleached grey hairstyle, Podmore then found the inside edge of Delray Rawlins’ bat with a booming in-swinger that flew to the keeper, and Robinson claimed his third catch of the day when Garton, on four, followed a Podmore leg-cutter to give Kent their second bowling bonus point.Though conditions for cricket were ideal, the eery lack of crowd noise made for a strange start to Kent’s opening first-class home fixture for 2020. While Sussex changed in the Leslie Ames Stand hospitality boxes on the Nackington Road side of the ground, Kent used both dressing rooms on the pavilion side with a seven-player restriction per dressing room. As well as taking standard drinks intervals the players, who are unable to shower come each day’s end, also took short hand sanitisation breaks every 20 minutes.In the final session, Brown notched his side’s second half-century of the day from 101 balls and with six fours. Yet Podmore continued his good work by having Jack Carson held at second slip on the drive after the right-hander edged a floating away-swinger.O’Riordan mopped up his third wicket of the day when Henry Crocombe walked across his stumps working to leg to fall lbw then Stuart Meaker risked a second to deep cover only to be run out by Hamidullah Qadri’s throw from the ropes.”It feels great to get that first half-century out of the way and it was really nice to make a significant contribution to the team’s total,” Clark said. “It’s massive for me to know I’ll get a decent run in the side throughout this Bob Willis Trophy.”O’Riordan was turning the ball steadily and that’s encouraging for us, as we’re bowling in the fourth innings. We have a couple of really good spinners in our side and I believe that will only reinforce our decent position in the match after the opening day.”Sussex were without Ollie Robinson, who was called up by England on the morning of the match ahead of the second Test against Pakistan next week.

Sarwan, the assistant coach of the franchise, was granted personal leave to travel home to Guyana

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Aug-2020Ramnaresh Sarwan, assistant coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs, has decided to exit the CPL bio-secure bubble in Trinidad ahead of the upcoming season due to personal reasons, as per reports. Vinod Maharaj and Ryan Austin have been named assistants to head coach Floyd Reifer.Michael Hall, CPL Director of Operations, confirmed to that Sarwan was granted personal leave to travel home to Guyana.”Yes, it’s a big loss,” Tallawahs CEO Jeff Miller told . “Sars (Sarwan) brings a lot to the game – his knowledge, his experience and the way he has dealt with the players over the years, so it is a great loss.”We are going to look to move forward. This is a rebuilding year for us, [but] I don’t just want to say rebuilding. We are here to win the tournament. I think we have a great team and the guys are keen and ready to go, and let’s see at the end what happens, but we are definitely looking forward to having a great tournament this year.”Sarwan’s exit comes three months after an acrimonious public feud with former captain Chris Gayle, who alleged Sarwan had played a part in his dismissal from the franchise. Sarwan hit back at Gayle, calling the allegations scandalous. Gayle then moved to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots before eventually pulling out of the season due to personal reasons.”That [dispute] is behind us,” Miller said. “We have 12 new players on our franchise this year from last year, so there is no baggage from last year. We are focused this year and the guys are focused on CPL, not what happened in the past.”

Glenn breaks into top ten on bowlers’ list; Georgia Wareham reaches career-best-equalling No. 10 position

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Oct-2020England spin-bowling allrounder Sarah Glenn, Player of the Series in England’s 5-0 whitewash of West Indies, has broken into the top ten of the ICC women’s T20I rankings for bowlers, while Australia captain Meg Lanning rose one spot to No. 5 on the batters’ rankings after finishing as the second-highest run-scorer in Australia’s 2-1 series win against New Zealand.Twenty-one-year-old wristspinner Glenn, who made her international debut last year, picked up a chart-topping seven wickets against West Indies, gaining 12 slots to attain a career-best ninth position.Australia opener Beth Mooney, England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, who were all in action in the two series, retained the top spots in the T20I rankings for the batters, bowlers and allrounders respectively. Meanwhile, even though she sat out the entire T20I series, No. 3-ranked Ellyse Perry’s position remained unchanged on the allrounders’ list.ALSO READ: Perry ‘determined to come back as a genuine allrounder’ – MottAustralia batting allrounder Ashleigh Gardner advanced seven places to a career best-equalling 18th position among batters thanks to a series-topping 90 runs, 19 more than Lanning, that also saw her claim the Player of the Series award. Legspinner Georgia Wareham, who took five wickets against New Zealand in three T20Is, moved five spots up to reach a career best-equalling 10th position while left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux (up two places to 13th) and seam bowler Delissa Kimmince (up eight places to 22nd) also made notable gains.Amelia Kerr, the 19-year-old legspinning allrounder whose all-round contribution helped New Zealand snare a final-over win in the third and final T20I on Wednesday, retained the fourth position among bowlers, and is the only New Zealander in the top ten of the bowling charts. Meanwhile, Natalie Sciver remains the only England batter in the top 10 and is second on the allrounders’ list.
Amy Satterthwaite’s return to international cricket post-childbirth helped her re-enter the rankings in the 35th position after finishing as New Zealand’s leading run-scorer with a 69-run tally. Deandra Dottin rose five places to 15th position after scoring most runs from the West Indian side: 185 runs, including two fifties.According to the latest rankings update, Germany batters Christina Gough (up 146 places to 69th) and Janet Ronalds (up 115 places to joint-82nd) have also advanced, after their side defeated Austria 5-0 in a record-breaking T20I series, which also marked the resumption of women’s international cricket since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold worldwide.

Shaun Marsh’s quickfire 88 allowed Western Australia to set up a declaration

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Nov-2020Western Australia did their best to conjure a result against Tasmania but honours ended even on a surface that did not offer much deterioration. Shaun Marsh’s prolific start to the season continued, but the most eye-catching aspect of the final day was a lively new-ball spell from Cameron Green.Marsh clubbed 88 off 74 balls, falling just short of twin hundreds in the match, as he and D’Arcy Short enabled Western Australia to declare shortly after lunch setting a target of 307 in 61 overs.Green, who has returned to bowling in this match for the first time in a year, was then handed the first over of the innings – it went for 14 runs, but that barely scratched the surface as he had Charlie Wakim in all sorts of problems: two outside edges through the slips and an inside edge (off a no-ball) past the keeper.In his third over Green made the breakthrough when Jordan Silk spliced a short ball into the leg side where Matt Kelly held a good running catch from mid-on. As part of a careful return to the bowling crease, Green only bowled one more over – meaning he sent down 12 for the match – but so long as he comes through without any reaction it will be have been a very pleasing comeback as he continues to firm for a place in the Test squad following his limited-overs call-up.The early stages of the chase suggested a good finish could be possible, but Tasmania shut up shop after the fall of the second wicket. Matthew Wade, in his first outing of the season, made his second half-century of the match.Western Australia had resumed on 0 for 232 with Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman unbeaten with hundreds but both were gone in the first seven deliveries of the morning. Whiteman got an outside edge against Jackson Bird and Bancroft was caught down the leg side two balls later, briefly opening up thoughts that Tasmania could apply pressure.However, that notion ended with a stand of 76 between Marsh and Green, the latter giving a sign of Western Australia’s intentions when he carved into the deep. Marsh cut loose, which included taking 21 off Jake Doran’s only over, but the benign conditions always made it unlikely they would force the result.

Earlier in the day, Nitish Rana dedicated his innings to his father-in-law, who died on Friday

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Oct-2020A day after losing his father, Mandeep Singh chose to step out in the Kings XI Punjab’s IPL 2020 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai. Singh’s father Hardev died on Friday evening, and he is understood to have told his franchise that he was up to playing the game. The Kings XI team wore a black armband as a mark of respect.On Saturday, Singh opened with his captain KL Rahul but could manage only 17 off 14 before being caught in the deep off Sandeep Sharma.As Singh walked out to bat, some of the Sunrisers’ players consoled him including their lead spinner Rashid Khan. A couple of years ago, Khan lost his father while playing for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. Khan, too, had opted to continue playing at the time. Earlier in the day, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ Nitish Rana dedicated his half-century against the Delhi Capitals to his father-in-law, who died of cancer on Friday. Opening the innings, Rana scored 81 off 53 and, along with Sunil Narine, added 115 in 56 balls for the fourth wicket to steer the side to 194 for 6. Varun Chakravarthy then picked up 5 for 20, the first five-wicket haul of IPL 2020, to help give the Knight Riders a 59-run win.The Knight Riders’ victory has made things difficult for the Kings XI. If the Kings XI beat the Sunrisers and also win their next two games, they can reach up to 16 points but even that may not be enough to qualify for the playoffs.

Joe Burns and Will Pucovski fall cheaply as Umesh Yadav makes a big impression

Andrew McGlashan07-Dec-2020
The Indians were able to land a couple of big pre-Test blows as Australia’s likely opening pair for Adelaide, Joe Burns and Will Pucovski, were dismissed for five runs between them. But Cameron Green put together a century that will continue the debate about whether his Test debut should come sooner rather than later.Green was given lives on 24, a regulation catch to second slip, and on 78, which was a much tougher chance to Wriddhiman Saha, but overall this was the latest display to reinforce the opinion that he is the ‘best since Ponting’.In just his 20th first-class match, this was his fifth century, although there were a few tense moments bringing it up as Michael Neser was run-out, No. 10 Mark Steketee walked out, and an injured Jackson Bird was not padded up. However, facing the first delivery of the second new ball from Umesh Yadav, the pick of the Indian quicks, he drove an imperious boundary through the covers.The only box left to tick is an increased bowling workload, but both national selector Trevor Hohns and coach Justin Langer have said he could play Test cricket purely as a batsman. Green added 104 with Tim Paine, not a bad person to make a good impression in front of, but the Australia captain had already made clear his admiration of Green.”He’s an exceptional talent,” Paine had said in June. “Playing against him he was really impressive out in the middle, looked like he was in complete control of his game and really knew what he was trying to do, and to see him moving around the crease, there were a couple of little things I noticed when I was keeping against him where I thought ‘he’s pretty impressive’, not only is he talented, but he looks like he really knows what he’s doing.”After the Indians had briefly extended their first innings on the second morning before declaring with captain Ajinkya Rahane unbeaten on 117, one of the main plot lines of this match was able to take shape as Burns and Pucovski walked out together. They were both making the walk back fairly soon.At the end of the fifth over, Pucovski, who scored back-to-back double-centuries in the Sheffield Shield earlier this season, drove a catch to point, and two overs later, Burns edged Yadav through to the keeper as he tried to leave a delivery. Burns’ dismissal continued his run of low scores from the Sheffield Shield where he made 7, 29, 0, 10 and 11 although, before David Warner’s injury which has probably rendered any debate moot for at least one Test, had plenty of backing as the incumbent when Pucovski made his substantial case.Umesh Yadav sent back both the Australia A openers•Getty Images

Depending on how the final day of this match plays out, they may get another innings and then a call would need to be made as to whether they stay in Sydney for the pink-ball game that starts on Friday at the SCG. The original idea was that the majority of the Test squad would head to Adelaide early in the week, but Langer said there could be a change of plans. They will need to weigh up the possible gains or losses of another match situation or the more controlled environment of team training.From 2 for 5, the innings was steadied by a 55-run stand between Marcus Harris – a Test opener the last time India were here – and Australia A captain Travis Head, but the latter fell on the stroke of lunch when he bottom-edged Mohammed Siraj on to his stumps. Then, shortly after the break, Harris was superbly caught at slip by Rahane off R Ashwin to leave Australia 4 for 68.Ashwin settled into a well-controlled spell, which also accounted for Nic Maddinson, who was given lbw on the sweep. The Indians had earlier been convinced Maddinson had edged Siraj behind, so much so that Saha even made the review signal in jest – replays did suggest a nick.The current and future of Australia’s Test team were then together again and unlike the Burns-Pucovski alliance, Green and Paine had much more success. However, Green should have gone when he edged the excellent Yadav, but Hanuma Vihari spilled it: slip catching will be a vital element of the series. Had the chance been taken, the Indians may have earned a first-innings lead.Green lofted Ashwin over midwicket for six to move into the 40s – one of the hallmarks of his innings was the footwork against spin – shortly after having had to be on his toes to sway out of the way of a well-direct short ball from Kartik Tyagi. However, after that Tyagi appeared to lose his run up and struggled in his last two overs of the afternoon session. He received some consoling words from team-mates but did not bowl again.Paine played very compactly until falling to a well-telegraphed short-ball plan, hooking at Yadav and being brilliant held by Prithvi Shaw, flinging himself off his feet at backward square leg.

“I think the way we batted allowed them to look more potent than they were in the morning to be honest”

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Dec-2020A lack of intent with the bat on day three and dropped catches on day two cost India the Adelaide Test, Virat Kohli has said. This was the first time India had lost a Test after winning the toss under Kohli’s captaincy, but for a large part of the match the record looked like it would remain intact. India bowled Australia out for 191 to take a significant lead of 53, but were bowled out for their lowest Test total of 36 in the second innings to set Australia only 90 to win.Kohli felt that India should have batted more positively in the second innings to take the game forward, and also rued missed opportunities in the field – Marnus Labuschagne was dropped three times in his 47 and Tim Paine added 47 after he was dropped on 26 – which allowed Australia to cut down the lead and give themselves a chance.Kohli said the team plan had always been positive and to take the game forward, but individual batsmen got stuck out in the middle. “Whenever we have performed well, especially overseas… see you can make all the team plans you want, it is more important what the mindset of the individuals taking the field is,” Kohli said in his post-match press conference. “At an individual level, you have to be clear when you step on the field as to how you want to play, whether you want to take the game forward or you want to play absolutely solid. That you are very sound defensively and are feeling comfortable. Historically, I can tell you whenever I have batted well in these situations my plan has been to go and get quick 30-40 runs and take the game forward. This is very significant.”As much as you plan on the team level, individuals need to have the right mindset in these critical moments and take the game forward. That is how you move towards winning. If your mindset is not right, like ours wasn’t today, when we lacked in intent, the opposition can sense it and put you under extreme pressure. That is exactly what happened. The individuals will have to see how they can have the mindset to take the game forward given the team’s situation.”Kohli said “a bit of a lead” can be tricky in the third innings and can make the batsmen extra cautious because the game hasn’t yet been taken out of the opposition’s reach. “They were bowling similar lengths in the first innings as well,” Kohli said when asked if there was something in the bowling that caused the collapse. “We were just better at playing those and having a plan around it and how we wanted to go about things.”A bit of lead can always be tricky because as a batting unit you can go into a headspace where you feel like we are just 50 or 60 ahead and you don’t want to lose early wickets and allow opposition back into the game. So you always have to be positive and you can’t think like that. Hence I said we lacked intent because we should have just seen where the game has to go rather than where it has come to till now and move the game forward, which we were not able to do. I think the way we batted allowed them to look more potent than they were in the morning to be honest. They bowled similarly in the first innings and we batted way, way better.”2:12

Virat Kohli: I’m ‘very, very confident’ India will bounce back strongly at MCG

That it was only “a bit of a lead” – although 53 is a huge number in the context of such a low-scoring encounter – was down to India’s fielding, Kohli said. “I think it was seven down for 110 [111 for 7] if I am not wrong when Tim Paine offered a chance and then he got 70-odd from there on. Then Marnus Labuschagne. A couple of chances off him as well.”So Test cricket, you have to take your chances when they come your way. They can be very very costly, something that we realised in a very harsh way today. What the repercussions of not taking those chances can be, and will be in Test cricket. Teams will not offer you opportunities again and again. You have to take them when they come your way and try and capitalise on that momentum. That definitely would have been a boost for us if we had a lead of a few runs more. Then we are already over 100, and with a decent start, the opposition starts panicking.”Kohli was asked if this collapse could be the result of tired minds put in a biosecure bubble for such a long time and playing a lot of limited-overs international cricket. “I don’t think so,” Kohli said. “We have played enough cricket to understand what needs to be done at different stages of a Test match, and it is just lack of execution. It is just lack of executing a plan that is apt for the situation, and it is to move the game. Day three is called moving day and you drive home the advantage. Lead of 62 runs with nine wickets in hand, should have definitely put in a better batting performance. I don’t think any mental fatigue was involved, it was only the first Test of the series.”Kohli will take no further part in the series as he takes leave for the birth of his first child, but he said he was confident the team will bounce back in his absence. “I would have definitely loved to win this game, because leaving with a victory would have been great,” Kohli said. “Having said that this is Test cricket, and anything can happen at any stage. I’m pretty confident that the team will bounce back strongly in Melbourne.”A few of the guys are going to realise their true characters and how they can step up for the side. I’m very confident that we will learn from this. I don’t think we have ever had a worse batting collapse than this, and it can only go up from here and understand as a team we can do special things when there is a partnership. I’m sure we will bounce back strongly in the next Test and there is no doubt about that.”