Ashes 2023: It Feels The Big Performance Hasn't Come Yet From Australia - Salman Butt Warns England
Published - 22 Jun 2023, 04:14 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM
Australia won a thriller against England by 2 wickets as there was absolute drama during Australia’s run chase of 281 runs. Salman Butt feels that Aussies haven’t peaked yet. Salman Butt was quite surprised by the way Pat Cummins & Josh Hazlewood were taken to the cleaners.
Australia displayed a fighting spirit as chasing 281 runs was a steep task given England’s lethal attack. Usman Khawaja laid the foundation of the run chase and scored 65 runs in 197 balls and struck 7 fours.
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It won’t be wrong to say that England became a bit complacent after taking the 8th wicket of Alex Carey and took the duo of Pat Cummins & Nathan Lyon lightly. England would rue their approach in the high-octane clash.
The likes of Steve Smith & Marnus Labuschagne – Salman Butt
Salman Butt was seen speaking on his YouTube channel and was quite sure that the Aussies haven’t played according to their full potential and pointed out that Marnus Labuschagne & Steve Smith didn’t fire in the Test match.
“I feel Australia haven’t yet played their best cricket. Without playing to their full potential, they won the World Test Championship final and now the first Ashes Test, beating two good teams, If they come into their own and start playing to their potential, they will start winning by bigger margins,” said Salman Butt.
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“Pat Cummins leaked runs at 4.5 per over. [Josh] Hazlewood bowled well but not at his complete best. Even in the batting [department], the likes of Smith and Labuschagne didn’t fire,” he added.
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Usman Khawaja is a mature player – Salman Butt
Salman Butt heaped praise on Usman Khawaja, the batter struck a ton in the 1st innings and then played an invaluable knock in the 2nd innings. Salman Butt also pointed out that Usman Khawaja is good in T20 cricket.
“They are getting runs from [Usman] Khawaja, [Alex] Carey and a bit from [Cameron] Green and [Travis] Head too scoring a fifty. But it feels the big performance hasn’t come yet from them and yet they have won,” said Salman Butt.
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“Khawaja is a mature player and can hold one end up with also the ability to play his shots. We have seen just how good he is in T20 cricket with his knocks for Islamabad United and also in the BBL [Big Bash League] over the years,” he added.
