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David Warner admits that Australias batsmen have fallen into a debilitating pattern of middle-order batting collapses that are wasting decent starts, and also says he does not know how the problem will be rectified.Having made 97 in an opening stand of 158 with Shaun Marsh, Warner said he was demoralised by watching the loss of all Australias 10 wickets for 86, surrendering prime position in the WACA Test to South Africa despite the visiting teams loss of Dale Steyn to a serious shoulder injury.The passage of play mirrored numerous innings on the recent tour of Sri Lanka despite vastly different conditions, and Warner said he could see the pattern stretching even further back, to the 2015 Ashes tour.I feel there has been a trend as well in the last 12 and maybe 18 months that also follows on to when we were in England and we were playing there, Warner said. Its tough to see as an opening batter sometimes when you get off to those starts as a top four and then you sort of fall away that easily.Its quite hard to take that when youre in the change rooms. I cant really remember, unless we go back to Hobart last year, where we really capitalised in that middle period. Thats something weve really got to work hard on, and at the moment I dont really have the answers.But we have to really knuckle down as a batting unit and try to build partnerships. We always talk about someone going on to get a big hundred in the top four, but its on everyone else in the middle as well to put their hand up and accept some responsibility to move forward as well and create that partnership.The Australian middle order seems an area for particular concern, most notably the failings of the allrounder Mitchell Marsh and the wicketkeeper Peter Nevill. Both were put more or less on notice before this match by the selection chairman Rod Marsh, but neither could assert themselves on day two - Nevill admittedly on the wrong end of an apparently incorrect decision after making a start. Warner said Marsh needed to work out how he batted best.You have to back yourself as a player, whether or not theres mixed messages there, him as a player knows and understands the game, Warner said. Hes here at this level for a reason, hes been chosen and selected in the team for a reason, thats to score runs and take wickets. He has to work out what he has to do to score runs and take wickets for the team. Then for his sake hell gain a bit of momentum.Ive been at the other end, I go back to a game at Wellington where he came out and won us the game against New Zealand, he played his strokes and played beautifully. Thats the Mitch Marsh we know as well. Im pretty sure for him as an individual I dont think hes clouded in any way.Pondering the state of the game with Steyn ruled out and the pitch currently playing well but likely to deteriorate, Warner said the first session on day three would be vital, with early wickets a must.Weve seen here before once its a great batting surface as it is. If you get yourself in, make the most of it and capitalise I think anythings chase-able, Warner said. They need to bat for two days if they can with two frontline bowlers, so we have to come out and bowl well. Were going to have to work really hard in that first session.Theyve still got two very, very good fast bowlers, and weve seen the wickets theyre capable of with the ball going both ways. We have to respect that. We cant look too far forward. Weve got to bowl well first tomorrow, then weve got to know that you get through that first period with the new ball they can only revert back to spin. Weve got to really knuckle down and apply that pressure on their two frontline bowlers.Im disappointed for Dale, all the amp and the talk in this series, I know how pumped he wouldve been. I know hes had this injury for a while, I just hope he can get back on the park. Stitched Hornets Jerseys .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Charlotte Hornets Gear .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. https://www.cheaphornets.com/195l-eddie-jones-jersey-hornets.html . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Charlotte Hornets Store . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Tony Parker Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. JOHANNESBURG -- Rugby sevens will also be missing a global star on its return to the Olympics next month, although its got nothing to do with Zika.Bryan Habana, the World Cup-winning South African wing who set his sights on adding an Olympic medal to a career bursting with titles and honors in the 15-a-side game, failed Thursday to make South Africas final squad for the Rio de Janeiro Games.Habana set aside his commitments with South Africas main Springboks team this season to return to sevens, which he hadnt played at the top level for more than a decade, in the hope of going to Rio. He appeared in the world sevens series and was on an initial Blitzboks training squad named for the Olympics.My appreciation and gratitude for getting the opportunity to have been a part of the (at)blitzboks (hash)RoadToRio far outweighs the disappointment of not making the final squad, Habana wrote on Instagram.ddddddddddddRugby -- this time in the seven-a-side form -- will return to the Olympics next month for the first time since 1924.Habana joins another big name in the 15-man game, Australias Quade Cooper, in missing out on selection for his countrys Olympic team.Habana has won a World Cup and a southern hemisphere title with the Springboks, and also southern hemisphere and European club titles. He was the world player of the year in 2007.One 15-a-side international, Juan de Jongh, did make South Africas 12-man squad while another, Francois Hougaard, is one of two traveling reserves.South Africa is among the favorites for gold in the Olympic rugby sevens alongside other traditional sevens powers Fiji and New Zealand. ' ' '