Nevill asserts beaten Aussies united despite ‘complex’ call

Nevill made his debut in Australia s 405-run second Test win at Lord s after first-choice wicketkeeper Brad Haddin withdrew to be with his sick daughter Mia.

Pride, responsibility, anxiety, humility.

Peter Nevill said he wasn’t overawed about replacing Brad Haddin, and said he was confident of his own ability.

Amidst all this is the reserved and carefully spoken Nevill, the former long-time deputy at NSW to Haddin anointed as his successor but who was more than willing to bide his time until when the veteran was done.

“I guess we saw it in this (third) Test match with Ian Bell – class is permanent”.

The 29-year-old Nevill impressed at Lord s, with seven catches and 45 in his only innings.

But less than a fortnight later, Nevill found himself a circumstantial and blameless player in an unseemly public debate about the manner in which Haddin was cast aside and the validity of the Australia team’s commitment to its oft-stated “family first” policy.

Coupled with an eight-wicket loss inside three days at Edgbaston, some members of the English press have painted the 17-man squad as a group divided.

However, Rodney Marsh, the on-tour selector and one of Australia’s greatest wicketkeepers, said Haddin’s form did not warrant a recall, with Darren Lehmann, the coach, subsequently adding that his selection could not be guaranteed.

Dismissing any rift within the camp, Nevill said that atmosphere has been great and insisted that everyone enjoys each other’s company, Sport24 reported.

None of them have disputed Nevill’s qualifications for the role, but rather the process by which he earned it.

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“‘Hadds’ has just carried himself magnificently”.

“Obviously it s been very hard circumstances for him since having to pull out of Lord s, but he s been incredibly supportive of me and has gone out of his way to make sure I m as prepared as I can be to play the Test matches”.

“I’ve known Brad for a long time and I’d expect nothing less from him”.

Should the sequence be maintained, England would regain the Ashes 3-2 with a win in the series finale at The Oval.

Mitchell Marsh in red-hot form! I have been in a situation when the Australian team was making a lot of change in chopping during the last five years and it has been more harmful than good.

“Being able to make runs in any situation is important, and especially when your team needs some runs like we did in the second innings (at Edgbaston)”.

But he added: “I was just trying to get a lead to start with and it would have been nice to get a bigger lead to give the bowlers more to work with”.

Our batting has been inconsistent apart from at Lord’s and our middle order has been put under so much pressure.

Whether or not Adam Voges gets the same amount of leeway is less certain.

Australia have not won an Ashes series in Britain since 2001 and the suspicion remains that, for all their recent success, they are “flat-track bullies” whose batsmen struggle on pitches offering sideways movement – as was the case at Edgbaston.