We were horrible, sloppy in the field: Clarke

Adelaide: Australian skipper Michael Clarke today termed his side`s fielding as "horrible" and said the bowlers failed to execute their skills at the death overs, after their four-wicket defeat to India in a tri-series cricket match here. "We were probably 20 short with the bat. We were also horrible in the field. We were very […]

Adelaide: Australian skipper Michael Clarke today termed his side`s fielding as "horrible" and said the bowlers failed to execute their skills at the death overs, after their four-wicket defeat to India in a tri-series cricket match here. "We were probably 20 short with the bat. We were also horrible in the field. We were very sloppy. I don`t think we executed our skills again at the death," Clarke said after India rode on Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s knocks to emerge victorious.

Clarke said everyone in the dressing room was pretty down at the defeat. "Everyone is pretty down and disappointed. We thought we had a great opportunity to win that game. But yeah, look you learn from it. We saw the other side of it the other night against Sri Lanka when we got over the line.