|| India Correspondent ||
Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ian Healy has lashed out on the Australian team that lost to India in the recently-concluded Test series, referring to it as lacking commitment whereas questioning the captain Tim Paine's captaincy and skills behind the stumps as well.
Notably, Team India registered their lowest ever Test score of 36 in Adelaide, they bounced back quite well in Melbourne. While the third Test ended in a draw in Sydney, India convincingly won in Brisbane.
"They (Australians) played without real commitment. They weren't right in the contest often enough. There weren't hungry to convert 60 runs to 130 runs with individual totals," Healy told on SEN 1170's Drive.
"It was a really strange performance by the captain, vice-captain, coach and the coaching staff. Our fielding was hopeless. Two things I'd work with is fielding and attitude... and the rest will come back."
The veteran campaigner, who had played in 119 Tests between 1988 and 1999, bashed at Paine. Tim Paine had a not-so-good series where he missed many catches behind the stump.
"What I saw with 'Painey' in Sydney and Brisbane was that he mustn't be training hard enough. His wicketkeeping technique was off when he kept to Nathan Lyon. I think his captaincy then suffered because he wasn't trying enough as the captain. That then opens it up to what is the vice-captain doing? Pat Cummins, where are your suggestions on the field? Not much innovation at all so that really does have to be discussed why all those people in that dressing room missed all that."
"This team isn't that bad. They just played bad enough to lose to India's second XI," he concluded.
