Aussies vow to maintain the rage despite rare ODI flop
Australia have vowed to maintain their attacking mindset with the bat despite an Adelaide Oval calamity being one of the country’s most embarrassing ODI losses.
Pakistan levelled the ODI series at 1-1 after thrashing Australia by nine wickets on Friday night.
Australia were bowled out for 163 in 35 overs, with Pakistan cruising to the victory target with 141 balls to spare.
It marked the first time since 1992 that Australia have lost a home ODI by nine wickets.
McDonald is backing the pair to turn their fortunes around.
“Matt Short (in the ODIs and T20s) in England showed he’s up to the task,” McDonald said.
“And Jake is not the finished article either. I think everyone thinks he may be the finished article.
“He’s going on a journey with his career, and we believe he’s good enough to play at this level at this point in time.
“Clearly there’s always going to be some setbacks within that. But we believe we’ve got the right personnel in there to continue to grow as a group.”
Australia will make mass changes for the series decider in Perth.
Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne will all be rested so they can prepare for the upcoming five-Test series against India.
Josh Inglis will captain the ODI side in Perth, while Lance Morris, Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly and Marcus Stoinis are among the possible inclusions.
Australia will need to find an answer on how best to handle star Pakistan paceman Haris Rauf, who has snared 3-67 and 5-29 so far this series.
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