Centurion Warner slates 'scared' England, Trott

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Last Updated : Nov 23 2013 | 4:30 PM IST
David Warner kept on swinging after his first Ashes Test century today, saying England looked frightened and Jonathan Trott had shown a flaw in his batting technique.
Warner and skipper Michael Clarke led the way with centuries to put Australia in an overwhelming position with two days to play and poised to go one-up in the five-Test series after losing 3-0 to England three months ago.
England will have to create Ashes history to win at the Gabba after Clarke set the beleaguered tourists an improbable 561 runs to win with a declaration, but more likely they will be trying to salvage a draw.
Warner raised his fourth Test ton with 124 off 154 balls but he continued to pepper the English after stumps.
"Our bowlers are bowling fast at the moment. England are on the back foot," Warner told reporters.
"It does look like they've got scared eyes at the moment. The way that Trotty (Jonathan Trott) got out today was pretty poor and weak. Obviously there's a weakness there and we're on top of it at the moment."
Trott pulled tearaway speedster Mitchell Johnson straight to Nathan Lyon at deep square leg for nine in one of two England wickets to fall Saturday to complete a sorry match after scoring 10 in the first dig.
"I think he's (Trott) got to get new sledges as well because it's not working for him at the moment," fired Warner.
"He's probably worked hard in the nets on the short ball, but trying to face 150 km/h short ball from Mitch Johnson the way to go is probably not trying to back away.
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First Published: Nov 23 2013 | 4:30 PM IST

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