The newly-formed Australian side led by Tim Paine has failed to stand tall on the expectations bestowed upon them. After losing the first two ODIs of the five-match series, they are now in a situation where they will have to win all the remaining ODIs to lay their hands on the trophy.

As was expected after two consecutive losses, Australia is yet to find their best combinations in perhaps all departments of the game. They have tried different opening combinations in both the match, handed debuts to players in both the matches but to minimal effect as of now.

Tim Paine, captain of Australia, assured the press that Australia will bounce back in the series. Speaking to reporters, a confident Paine said, “I think we can, I really do. I think our best cricket is good enough to beat these guys, we just haven’t put the complete package together. In the first game we didn’t bat well and (in Cardiff) we didn’t bowl as well as we would have liked.”

“It’s something the whole group has been working on and something we speak about a lot. It’s a work in progress, we know we haven’t been fantastic at it, but we are training really hard at it and if we can get some set batters in when they start, it would make a big difference,” cricket.com.au quoted him saying.

“It’s going to be up to our guys to translate what they are working on in the nets … sometimes that’s a little bit more difficult than it may seem under pressure,” he further added.

Shaun Marsh, Australia’s latest No. 3, who scored an ODI century after almost five years in the second ODI at Cardiff, expressed his views, “We want to win and unfortunately we are just falling a little bit short at the moment. We need to regroup over the next few days and work on the areas we need to work on and hopefully put in an all-around performance at Trent Bridge,” he added.