England not in a great place, says Haddin

Hosts struggling to avoid Ashes series whitewash against Australia.

SYDNEY: England are in disarray and their ragged fielding indicates the team is breaking apart heading into this week’s final Ashes Test, said Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin on Wednesday.

England are struggling to avoid a 5-0 Ashes series whitewash after heavy defeats in all four Tests. They opted out of a nets session at the Sydney Cricket Ground two days before the start of the fifth Test.

“I don’t think they’re in a great place, to be perfectly honest,” team vice-captain Haddin told reporters.

“I think you could probably tell a bit of that in their fielding the other day [in the Melbourne Test]. I think that’s the first thing to go when you’re struggling a bit.

“The batting and bowling, it’s an individual thing, but I think the team stuff looked like it was breaking a bit the other day.”

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2^nd, 2014.

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