English backlash expected
NZPA-Reuter London Allan Border, buoyed by Australia’s winning start to the Ashes series, is bracing himself for an England backlash in the second test starting at Lord’s tomorrow. Border led his team to victory by 210 runs in the first match of the six-test series at Headingley
where England capitulated on the last day for 191, a performance condemned by the home media. But Australia’s captain is predicting a tough battle at Lord’s, where the traditional showpiece of the season has generated even greater interest than usual with all tickets for the first three days sold several weeks ago.
Border said: “If England have not been stung by all the criticism then there’s something wrong with them. I expect them to be fired up and we know we’ve got to produce another good performance.” England’s reaction to the Leeds setback has been to reshape its pace attack, replacing Phillip
DeFreitas, Phil Newport and Derek Pringle with Graham Dilley, Paul Jarvis and the uncapped Angus Fraser. The omitted trio consistently failed to make the batsmen play at the ball at Headingley, where Australia’s fast-medium bowler, Terry Aiderman, gave an object lesson in the virtues of impeccable line and length
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