5 improvements Australia need to implement ahead of the 2nd Ashes test

5 improvements Australia need to implement ahead of the 2nd Ashes test: In the first test of the Ashes, the Australians were simply outplayed in all the departments of the game by the English players and they dominated over the Aussies in each of the sessions of the test. As it happened, England enforced a storming victory by 169 runs in the first Ashes test. On a number of areas, the weaknesses of the Australian line up got exposed badly and that carved the path for the victory of the English team.

Now judging by the Australians’ point of view, here are the 5 improvements Australia need to implement ahead of the 2nd Ashes test:

1. Opening pair needs to kick off well:

In the first innings of the test, we witnessed a scintillating innings from Chris Rogers where he managed to strike his seventh consecutive half century in tests. Sadly, he missed his century by 5 runs. In the second innings, Warner played brilliantly and scored a half century. But both of the openers failed to click together in each of the two innings. This is one area where Australia needs to focus on. Both the opening batsmen have been in good form of late. But they have to put up a collective performance with the bat for the first wicket in the second test. This might well put the pressure back on the English bowlers.