England’s former captain Nasser Hussain seemed disappointed with the missing chances by the English team on the field against Australia in the third test match of the Ashes series.
On the first day of the third test, England continued to let down with their on-field performance. Jonny Bairstow dropped catches behind the stumps of Steve Smith and Travis Head while Joe Root filed to catch Mitchell Marsh at 12 runs. Marsh then scored 118 runs in the match. Hussain told Sky Sports Cricket that dropping catches is like a “virus”, it spreads through the team.
“It’s like a virus, it spreads through the team,” Hussain told Sky Sports Cricket. “I’m not just talking about in a day, it’s in a series – you lose it, you get hard hands,” the former English captain said.
“The greatest catchers I played with were Mark Waugh and Nick Knight, and they had soft hands. Jonny Bairstow will know he should be taking that, Joe Root will know he should be taking that – these are not difficult chances, but now it’s spreading like a virus,” he further added.(ANI)
