Familiar demons to follow Australia into New Year's 実験（する）
By Ian 身代金
MELBOURNE, Dec 31 (Reuters) - A troubled Australia 味方する will 長，率いる to the Sydney Cricket Ground for the fourth 実験（する） against India hoping to turn over a new leaf in 2019 but still 疫病／悩ますd by the 落ちる-out of their annus horribilis.
Tim 苦痛's 味方する 苦しむd a 抱擁する reality check at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where they were outplayed with bat and ball before 低迷ing to a 137-run loss on Sunday.
The 敗北・負かす not only left them 追跡するing 2-1 in the series but also made their 反抗的な 勝利，勝つ in the second match in Perth appear something of a 誤った 夜明け instead of a turning point in a 再構築するing team's fortunes.
Since the ball-tampering スキャンダル 爆発するd in Cape Town in March, 主要な to long 中断s for former captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, Australia have 労働d to five 敗北・負かすs and a draw in seven 実験（する）s.
Tim 苦痛's 味方する has become defined almost as much by its absentees as the 利用できる players out on the field.
While Bancroft's nine-month 禁止（する） 満了する／死ぬd on Saturday, Smith and Warner still have three months to serve on their 12-month 中断s.
Their 交替／補充s have failed to 固く結び付ける themselves and Australia have been unable to move on, 苦痛 認める after 敗北・負かす at the MCG.
"The guys have nearly finished their 禁止（する）s and nearly done their time, so I think it's time we started 焦点（を合わせる）ing on the fact that they're coming 支援する and from that there are some real 肯定的なs," he said after 敗北・負かす at the MCG.
In the short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語, 苦痛's team are in danger of becoming the first Australian 味方する to lose a 実験（する） series to India on home 国／地域, having already 譲歩するd the 国境-Gavaskar トロフィー to Virat Kohli's men.
With the Sydney Cricket Ground reliably Australia's most spin-friendly wicket, the hosts may find it 堅い going to 製造（する） a 直面する-saving victory and square the series.
Ravindra Jadeja 逮捕（する）d five wickets on the MCG's 減少（する）-in pitch, comprehensively 勝利，勝つ ning his duel of spinners with Nathan Lyon, who took just one.
The left-arm spinner 証明するd a menace for Australia's parade of left-手渡すd batsmen and in Sydney could 提起する／ポーズをとる one half of a 二重の-spinning nightmare if Ravichandran Ashwin is fit to bowl.
No Australian batsmen have 得点する／非難する／２０d a century in the series and number five Travis 長，率いる is alone in the 最高の，を越す six with an 普通の／平均（する） of above 30.
One-day specialist Aaron Finch, 解任するd for eight and three in Melbourne with a pair of poor 発射 choices, has 納得させるd no-one outside of the Australia （軍の）野営地，陣営 that he can 後継する as a 実験（する） opener.
Australia coach Justin Langer, however, said that no-one was putting their 手渡す up in 国内の cricket to 押し進める any of the 現在の batsmen out of the 味方する.
"Try 存在 a selector at the moment," Langer told reporters on Monday. "We've got to be careful not to reward poor 業績／成果s but ... it's not as if the guys are 絶対 banging the door 負かす／撃墜する.
"Most of our 乱打するs knocking on the door are 普通の／平均（する）ing in the 30s. The art of batting, we've got some work to do.
"Whether it's the system ... whether it's something we've got to change in our psyche, I'm not sure. It's something everyone is looking at."
Seam-bowling all-rounder Mitchell 沼, who 取って代わるd the out-of-form batsman Peter Handscomb at the MCG, failed twice with the bat and went wicketless.
His 位置／汚点／見つけ出す may be under 圧力 from part-time legspinner Marnus Labuschagne, who has been 草案d into the squad for Sydney.
Throwing the 新人 all-rounder into the 圧力 of a series-decider could 証明する a big 賭事.
However, with all bets off and no-one else 成し遂げるing in the number six 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, Australia's selectors could be forgiven for electing to roll the dice.
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
