Alex Carey’s form has dropped off since an excellent Test debut.Credit:Getty
“What you learn very quickly,you’ve got to back it up,” Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket. “Every day,every session,every hour,every minute.”
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The mistakes are mounting for Carey,who dropped two simple chances in Sydney after letting two go in Melbourne and Adelaide.
None have been particularly costly,but Australia will have less margin for error on the tour of Pakistan than they have against England.
Paine’s long-term understudy,Carey held off a late push by Inglis for the job in the Ashes but has failed to slam the door shut on his rival. In a low-scoring series,he is yet to make a major impact with the bat,his average of 15 not helped by dismissals in meaningless innings.
Given the George Bailey-led selection panel’s preparedness to back in the incumbents,Carey will almost certainly get first crack in Pakistan,but the pressure will come if the team loses and his fortunes do not improve. Inglis will be breathing down his neck as Australia will not risk taking just the one wicketkeeper.