“Embarrassed” skipper Steve Smith said Australia needed a shake-up but backed under-fire coach Darren Lehmann after the hosts slumped to a humiliating series defeat to South Africa on Tuesday. Ashen-faced Smith told reporters he was humiliated by the manner of Australia’s abject surrender, and said something had to change ahead of next week’s day-night third Test in Adelaide. Too many times we have lost wickets in clumps, 8/32 today, 10/85 in the first innings,” Smith said. Lehmann is also under major pressure, but Smith offered words of support for the coach and said the players were to blame for Australia’s problems. “They hit the top of off-stump and got the ball seaming both ways and they don’t give you any freebies.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 15, 2016 19:23 UTC