Warner hails Australia’s ‘scrappy’ successes

The ball still spun, and the sell-out crowds bayed for Sri Lanka, but Australia have comfortably won the limited-overs series playing “scrappy cricket”, captain David Warner said.

Warner took Australia’s reins when the ODI series was tied 1-1, but has won each of the five matches since then. His team has been particularly impressive in the T20s, winning the first by 86 runs, and the second by four wickets with 13 balls to spare, despite having lost six wickets for 27 runs.

“I think the guys showed a lot of determination and fight to overcome the conditions, which were very, very challenging and something that we are not very used to,” Warner said. “The Test guys had to make an adjustment to make – from the Test match conditions to the one-day conditions.

“You saw scrappy cricket during the one-day series, where the highest score was 280 here. And then we were scrapping to get to 200. It was good grinding cricket. It was something that we’re not used to. The encouraging signs mean that we’ve worked really hard to win both series. ”

Though Australia have fared much better against spin in the …

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