Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey does not want to curb his instinct to sweep against spinners even after Australia's monumental batting collapse in the second Test. Ahead of Ahmedabad Test which is scheduled to start from March 9, Carey wants to play his natural game after a string of disappointing scores.
"I had some confidence out of the first game and then getting out defending, am I happy with that? Not really," Carey told reporters at Indore where Australia registered a resounding nine-wicket win on a rank-turner.
"I think probably just sticking to my method now and understanding if you chase it too much then you might get yourself into trouble.
"So yeah, back my strength and try to score with the sweeps and manipulate a little bit more that way. In India, if you change your method too much, it goes pretty quickly. I’ll continue to be positive over here."
Most of the Australian batters got out sweeping against spinners in the Delhi Test. In the Indore Test, they outbatted India on a pitch that had far more assistance for spinners.
"We all know that our players play differently, Travis (Head) will play an aggressive nature and Peter (Handscomb) will grind out runs, and he's played beautifully. And Steve (Smith) does it his way.
"We’ve all got different methods and, internally, we live with that. So looking forward to another opportunity in Ahmedabad and get down and maybe get the broom out again,” he said.
On Indian pitches where even Srikar Bharat has struggled at times to judge the spin and bounce, Carey showed great instincts when he pulled off a quick stumping to send skipper Rohit Sharma to the dressing room in the first session.
“Instinct takes over when you see a ball bounce like that. I don’t think many of us were expecting an eight degree turning ball that early in the game. But it was nice to hold on to that and for us to get a bit of momentum.
“It was nice after we missed a couple of reviews (in the first over of the game ) to get that one – I thought once the big screen showed the nick, I thought he might have settled in for a nice 150 or something like that," the 31-year-old added.
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