Australian captain Tim Paine says team must deliver 'complete package'

Australia captain Tim Paine has said his side must deliver a complete package if they are to fight their way back into the oneday international series against England Yesterdays 38run loss in the second ODI in Cardiff left Australia 20 down in a fivematch campaign against England the worlds number oneranked side in this formatIt was also world champions Australias sixth defeat in seven ODIs against England this year a sequence that includes a 41 series loss Down Under in January Overall it also represented a 13th loss from their last 15 matches at this level that have produced a resultAustralia arrived for this series against 2019 World Cup hosts England without several firstchoice players Not only were former captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner two of the worlds leading batsmen ruled out with yearlong bans imposed for their roles in the Cape Town balltampering fiasco in March but Australia were also missing their injured Asheswinning fastbowling trio of Mitchell Starc Pat Cummins and Josh HazlewoodWednesdays first ODI saw Australias batting fail in posting a meagre total of 214 before the bowlers performing with huge credit made England scrap their way to a threewicket win at The Oval It was a different story in Cardiff howeverAfter Paine had won the toss an Australia attack missing injured fast bowler Billy Stanlake who had impressed at The Oval saw England pile up 342 for eight their highest ODI total against Australia thanks to Jason Roys 120 and a quickfire 91 not out from standin captain Jos ButtlerThis time a batsman gave Australia hope of an improbable win with Shaun Marsh making 131 but receiving little support apart from Ashton Agars 46 Australia have just a few days to regroup before Tuesdays third ODI in Nottingham where another defeat would give England an unassailable 30 series leadBut Paine insisted the current Australia squad had the quality to turn the series around I think we can I really do said wicketkeeper Paine I think our best cricket is good enough to beat these guys we just havent put the complete package together In the first game we didnt bat well and in Cardiff we didnt bowl as well as we would have likedIt was a sentiment echoed by experienced batsman Marsh who said 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 allround performance at Trent Bridge Marsh added he hoped Stanlake would be fit come Tuesday after a toe injury kept him on the sidelines in CardiffHopefully Bill will be right for the next game said the 34yearold Marsh after scoring his first ODI century in nearly five yearsI thought he was terrific in the first game and adds that real pace for us Paine should be fit to lead the side in Nottingham despite having stitches inserted inside and outside his mouth after a legside delivery from Andrew Tye in Cardiff reared up on the second bounce to hit the gloveman flush in the faceAlso Read Englands Centurion Jason Roy Happy To Knuckle Down For The TeamCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever