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New Delhi: After only playing six days of cricket, hosts Australia are 2-0 up in the five match Ashes series against England. The results of the opening two Test matches would not have been imagined by the Australian side but they significantly turned in their favour making them the hot favourites for clinching the five-match series.
Although the series is yet not dead but it is not very far from that considering the type of form the Aussies are in and also taking into account the slackness committed by the English cricket team. With the third Test match at the Adelaide Oval a week away, the visiting side would be aiming bounce back in the game which is of pivotal importance to them.
If England lose the third Test match, they will go down in the series and the Aussies will take an unassailable 3-0 lead with no option left for England to come back. Meanwhile ahead of the crucial encounter, former fast bowling great Glenn McGrath has said that if the English side does not win the next Test match, the entire Ashes will get embarrassing.
So as to keep the vitality of the big Test event alive, it is essential for the English side to bounce back and win the game. In his recent column for BBC, the legendary bowler further said that the Aussies were skeptical about a lot of things ahead of the Ashes but England has proved them right by displaying energy-less cricket in the last two games.
'Would England's batting be suited to Australian conditions? Would they play big shots and find ways to get out? Would they crumble under the pressure of the big moments? - were some of the questions which England have answered for the host side. The former pacer said that the team should play without any pressure which is the key for them in the third game.
