Former Australian captain Tim Paine believes keeper Alex Carey is still carrying a mental burden from his controversial Ashes stumping after his opening World Cup failure put his position in the spotlight.
On the eve of the tournament, Australian coach Andrew McDonald backed Carey as his team’s first-choice gloveman despite middling batting returns in recent white-ball games, a 99 in South Africa his only score above 14 in his past eight outings.
Carey was dismissed for a second-ball duck in Australia’s opening loss to India in Chennai, one...
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