Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[JonHenry]

Did have a decent series in England last time with 5 half centuries. The average in England comes down to 37 with his first series there in 2013 after he punched Joe Root. Can't really use averages with 3 Tests as it can be skewed by a very bad, which happens to most batsman, or very good Test. 3 of his last 4 innings in SL were 42, 41 and 68 after a crap first Test. Solid but certainly not spectacular. South Africa conditions are still different, against the world's best attack, and it is away. You could say that's just getting selective if you wanted to suit an argument, not that i'm saying you are. Even the UAE he got 133 and 58 in two Tests there. He's not on his own in India over a couple of tours.

He got his overseas average to 41 at one stage, which is good in anyone's language away from home, but then hit a rough patch on the road, which brought it down to 36 or 37. Still, the likes of Hayden, Clarke and many others stars over the years averaged less than 40 overseas. Not unusual to go worse overseas than that home. That's why winning records are alot better at home because you're more suited to home conditions. He hasn't been as good overseas the last few series but career-wise overseas his issue is more not going on to get centuries, which tends to hurt the average as you will always have your failures. He has alot more half centuries overseas than he does in Australia, where he tends to convert them.