The Australian media slammed team India for its “disgraceful lack of fight” in the 4-0 Test series whitewash and made mocking comparison of the gait of the visiting batting greats returning to the dressing room to ‘flag at half-mast’.
“India’s lack of fight has been disgraceful but Australia’s bowling has been as remarkable as the batting of Michael Clarke and the revival of Ricky Ponting,” a write-up in Daily Telegraph said.
“Who in their wildest dreams could have imagined this inconsistent team in such a state of transition would completely demolish one of the most credentialed batting line-ups ever assembled?” it asked.
“It was an utterly dominant performance from the home team, with the result never really in doubt. While Australia continued its steady march back up the world rankings, India took another serious hit and strengthened its reputation as a flaky easy beat on foreign soil,” it said.
A write-up in The Australian caricatured the Indian batsmen returning to the pavilion after being dismissed to being similar to a flag at half-mast.
“The visitors’ four mighty batsmen, weighty with honours and worth 45,000 Test runs, slouched towards the exits of their careers, the victims of good bowling, if not perhaps in each case of particularly good balls. They moved off pensively — in Virender Sehwag’s case at a meditative limp, holding the bat at its toe, analogous to a flag at half-mast,” the write-up said.
Keywords: India's tour of Australia
