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Jasprit Bumrah and other Indian bowlers are expected to make the most of the bounce at the Perth pitch. In this context, Carey’s new technique could prove useful in improving his batting performance and handling the challenges posed by the fast paced conditions.
Carey spoke to the media after Australia’s first training session on Tuesday in Perth:
It’s only slight, but at the moment, it feels like I’m in a good position and reacting pretty well to the ball. You play and play and play, you don’t really get a chance to work on too many things. Not having games coming up for a while, I’ve just mucked around a little bit with my hands and found something that felt good and sort of ran with that. I just got my hands up a little bit higher, the bat up to the sky and from there just tried to react. It did feel good pretty much straight away, so I didn’t have to search too much.
At 33 years old, he was the top run scorer after four rounds of the Sheffield Shield, having scored 452 runs at an average of 90.4. This total included two centuries, highlighting his strong form in the competition.
Carey played a match-winning unbeaten knock of 98 runs in Australia’s three-wicket win in the second Test at Christchurch in March, which was their most recent Test. His teammate Travis Head has also supported Carey for the upcoming five-match Border Gavaskar Trophy.