4 times victimized by the same mistake, Kohli opened his eyes and shone in the WTC final, now England lost sleep

New Delhi. Alex Carey has been the most reliable batsman in the two Tests that Australia has played in England this summer. He scored 180 runs while batting in 3 innings so far but got out only once. Along with batting well in the World Test Championship final against India, he also batted well in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test. Carey did not perform well for his stature in this year’s tour of India. He was dismissed by playing bad shots on many occasions. But, leaving behind that failure, he has batted tremendously in the last 2 Tests in England.

Speaking to cricket.com.au, Alex Carey revealed that he gave up on reverse sweep after being advised against it by two of the world’s best batsmen, Virat Kohli and Steve Smith – and even wife Eloise. Carey tried to play reverse sweep a total of 17 times in 2023 and was dismissed for playing the same shot 4 times. Recently, in the final of the World Test Championship as well, while batting on 48, Carey was dismissed LBW while playing a similar shot off Ravindra Jadeja.

Carey said about this, there was no need for him to play reverse sweep in the first innings of the WTC Final against India. The Australian wicketkeeper had revealed that Kohli and Smith had also criticized him for this shot. He had trouble with this even during the tour of India. He said, “When you are told by Virat Kohli and Steve Smith why are you doing this?, you probably listen to them”.

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Ricky Ponting pointed out during the commentary in the WTC final that Carey was more successful playing the traditional sweep shot. Carey also played an arm reverse sweep after completing his half-century in the first innings of the Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston. However, he had clarified about this that when he felt that now there is a need to score fast runs, then he made such an effort.

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Australia has high hopes from Kerry in the second innings of the Edgbaston Test. Australia lost 3 wickets for 107 runs while chasing the target of 281 runs on the fourth day of the match. On the last day of the match on Tuesday, Australia needs 174 more runs to win. Kerry’s role will be important on the fifth day.

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