Smith worries as Australia let opponents off the hook

INDORE, India: Australia captain Steve Smith is worried about his team’s failure to convert potentially winning positions into victories after losing the oneday international series against India.

The visitors went down to the Virat Kohli-led side by five wickets in Indore on Sunday after opener Aaron Finch had blasted 124 to give Australia the edge.

“We’re quite often getting ourselves into good positions and we’re not taking advantage of those, and today was no different,” Smith said after the defeat that left his side trailing 3- 0 in the fivematch series.

“We continually address it and it’s just hard to put the finger on exactly what it is we’re doing or not doing to get the results we’re after,” he added.

Despite Finch’s knock, Australia ended on 293- 6, too small a score to defend at the batting-friendly Holkar Stadium.

This was not the first time the visitors had let India off the hook in the series. In the opening match India were at one stage 87- 5 but posted a match-winning 281-7.

“It’s been a bit of a trend for this format and the Test format as well,” said a worried Smith.

Australia have won just three out of 17 matches across all three formats since a one- day series victory at home against Pakistan in January. — AFP