Boof threatens floundering batsmen

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Darren Lehmann has sent a stern warning to his underperforming batsmen. Source:Getty Images

DARREN Lehmann has taken aim at Australia's floundering middle order, warning that careers are on the line in the last Test at the Oval, beginning next Wednesday.

The Australia coach and selector is exasperated by another batting collapse which handed England the fourth Test at Chester-le-Street and a 3-0 series victory.

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This team is now facing the prospect of becoming the only side in history to lose four Tests on an Ashes tour.

"From our point of view the blokes have got to learn. If they don't learn we will find blokes that will," Lehmann said after Australia collapsed from 0-109 to be all out 224, losing by 74.

With another batting failure and a groin injury to Shane Watson which has him in doubt for the last Test, selection is wide open. Bowling all-rounder James Faulkner is a chance to make his debut, which would make him the 17th player used in the series.

Of the eight batsmen given an opportunity, only three have managed to average 30 or better, Michael Clarke (49), Chris Rogers (43) and David Warner (30).

"To play for Australia you've actually got to perform at a level that is acceptable for everyone in our team and also for the Australian public," Lehmann said.

"At the moment we're not doing that. Blokes have got to perform at a level that we expect ... and the public expect back home.

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"They've fought really hard and shown glimpses of challenging a really good side but we haven't done that consistently enough.

"We've backed them and we will continue to back them but performances count."

Lehmann believes the side threw away a golden opportunity for victory after moving comfortably to 1-147 in pursuit of 299.

"That really hurts, that one, we should get them quite comfortably," he said.

"Credit to them, they bowled well. We batted really badly in the middle and lower order. That hurts.

"We didn't learn from Trent Bridge when we got bowled out in similar circumstances.

"We were cruising … some of their shot selection was poor.

"I thought we would get them comfortably two or three down, hopefully one down.

"We've lost clumps of wickets, which has really hurt us full stop.

"I think the bowlers have done a really good job throughout the series to get the wickets we needed to get but on the batting side simply we've lost clumps of wickets and haven't played the way we want to play.

"Blokes are missing straight ones. That doesn't help."

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Lehmann believes that most batsmen got themselves out with poor shot selection.

"I thought Warner got a good ball, to be fair, Clarke got a ripper and probably Rogers got a decent ball. The rest should have played a lot straighter and they know that," said Lehmann.

He claims that when players were preparing to bat amid Australia's worsening collapse he was telling them to play straight.

"It's a pretty simple game complicated by too many people," Lehmann said.

He believes Australia has the talent but players are failing to respond.

"It's actually learning the game quickly and knowing what to do and when to do it," Lehmann said.

"We're not doing that in short bursts, which is really hurting us. If you look at the whole Test series, there are key moments in every Test match where we're well in front of the game and we've let it slip.

"We need to learn that. Winning becomes a habit. We need to start winning and creating that."

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