March 29, 2024

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Adam Lyth Expresses Disappointment On Facebook Over His Ashes Series Performance

Adam Lyth Expresses Disappointment On Facebook Over His Ashes Series Performance

By: Drcricket7 Staff

Adam Lyth has expressed disappointment over his Ashes series performance. Image: Facebook/lythy09
Adam Lyth has expressed disappointment over his Ashes series performance. Image: Facebook/lythy09

Adam Lyth was called into the England team owing to his big reputation in the first-class level, and in initial outings for the Three Lions he managed to live up to expectations.

Things, however, didn’t go too well for the Yorkshire player in the recently concluded Ashes series, as he struggled to score runs, despite featuring in all five matches.

England managed to clinch the Ashes series, but the under-par performance of Adam Lyth didn’t go unnoticed and his place in the squad is now under serious threat.

Adam Lyth is unlikely to partner Alastair Cook against Pakistan in the UAE, after scoring a mere 115 runs at an average of 12.77 in five Ashes series Tests.

The England opener, meanwhile, in a Facebook post on his official page wrote a message to his fans and thanked England selectors for having faith in him.

Adam Lyth wrote that it is not in his hand to be in the England team or otherwise, but insisted he would work hard to prove with Yorkshire to prove his worth by scoring runs.

Here is the excerpts from Adam Lyth Facebook post:

I don’t really pay attention to people talking about who will open in the UAE with Alastair Cook, it’s completely out of my hands who the selectors pick. I know exactly what I have to do and that is score big runs for Yorkshire, it’s as simple as that… It really does mean a hell of a lot that the captain, coach and selectors have stuck with me.

Failure in international sport can be a lonely place, especially after the emotional highs and lows of a series like the Ashes, and Lyth makes the point of thanking his Facebook followers for “incredible support”.

I have only played seven Tests at the minute and to have achieved that is fantastic. Hopefully there are many more matches and many more series to come but I know I need to go back to Yorkshire and score lots of runs.

This experience has made me hungrier, you don’t become a bad player overnight and you don’t in five games either.

It could have gone better on a personal note but that’s cricket and that can happen when you’re facing one of the best attacks in the world on testing pitches. Going forwards I have learnt a lot in this series and hopefully I can go back to Yorkshire, score some runs and help them with the County Championship.

I can’t really put my low scores down to one thing. The Aussies have bowled well in testing conditions, I have copped some decent balls but I’ve played some bad shots which I’m disappointed about.

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