Allan Border on the right and Australian team on the left. (FILE) Former Australian Allan Border emphasised once again that Australia needs to play hard cricket ahead of the WTC final starting on June 7 at the Oval.
Speaking on Code Sports Border said, “You are in a contest out there. I’d be playing with a harder edge. We [Aussies] play a certain style of cricket. Hard, but fair cricket,” he added.
The 67-year-old also took a dig at Steve Smith and reminded the instance when the Aussie vice-captain acknowledged the Indian left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s good deliveries with a thumbs up. “I thought that was a bit over the top,” he said.
“You can have that friendly rivalry without being excessive, like Smith…in India, he gave the thumbs up every time he got a good ball,’ Border said.
Border also spoke about the New Zealand brand of cricket and said, “The Kiwis, they are the ones that play the goodie two shoes … but then they try to beat the s**t out of you.’
India was a finalist in the 2021 WTC final when they lost to New Zealand by eight wickets at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
However, this time around Rohit’s men would be hoping to turn things around and quench the ICC trophy drought after 10 years.
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