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Aussie's tour of India review.
Michael Clarke's Batting
Why has Michael Clark not realised he can't play shots wide of off stump?
He doesn't get accross to the pace bowlers and plays away from his body which means he hits in the air through covers and often edges to slips/keeper. He would make a lot more runs if he left balls wide of off because he hardly ever makes runs when it counts and goes out this way. Needs to leave these balls, good batsmen don't play shots they can't play very well.
Who is coaching these blokes!
Our Bowling
How come we picked all seamers on wickets that don't bounce or seam? Finally we pick a spinner when it's all but over. I don't know what Casson did to be dropped, thought he did alright in the West Indies...
So much for our bowling coach. Lee and Johnson bowling with scrambled seams with no chance of moving the ball!
Our selectors have proven to be idiots and our bowling coach should be sacked on these efforts. We didn't play a side suited to the conditions and we didn't pick the best avaliable. Our pace bowlers have lost skills and have not gained any since the new bowling coach has arrived.
Brett Lee is a short pace bowler, his bounce and seam will be minimal, he must swing it. He used to bowl with the seam up nice and angled but now its no good at all, especially now he is getting slower he needs to become more skillful like Dennis Lillie did.
Mitchell Johnson could be a great bowler when he gets his seam position right. Left armers are are a bonus because they swing it into the right handers and away from left handers (traditionally) which he has failed to do. If he got his seam position right, with his height and pace could be one of the worlds finest bowlers.
Needs to work on holding the ball diferently. He appears to put a bit of off cut on the ball and runs his fingers accross the seam. Perhaps should hold the ball (ah-la Matthew Hoggard) with the seam angled in his hand so it points towards the base of his ring finger so when his fingers roll over the ball they roll down the seam and not accross it.
Cameron White is incorectly called a leg spinner. He is a wrist spinner who bowls over the wrist top spinners. looks very stiff in the action and might not have the flexability to get things into the position to get more side spin on the ball. Is too front on which is why he can't land them or impart side spin. Not good enough to make it as a bowler and his batting isn't quite there.
Krejza brilliant deput, showed great resilliance and looks like a possible Aussie player for time to come! Bowls a good top spinner and turns the ball. Should have played every game.
Ben Hilfenhaus to me looks the best swing bowler in the country and should have been taken to india. We didn't play a swing bowler and their swing bowler (Zaheer Khan) has done very well. We lack a bowler who takes the new ball, bowls full and swings it. Someone who can get an opener and a top order player out is someone we haven't got.
Shane Watson was the only bowler to hit the seem and he has had some success. Shows what the front liners could have achieved if they were bowling properly. Has deserved his place.
Andrew Simonds has failed in domestic cricket and if in form would have been more than valuable with his more than handy part time off spin and batting. Been a big let down and might be finished as a test player.
Our bowling plan has been crap. Bowling around the wicket to left handers even when they reach 100 after facing around the wicket bowling? This is Rubbish. can't get them out LBW.
Bowling short of a length with the new ball is basically admitting we can't swing the ball.
Lack of yorkers and bouncers? Has the skill level of our bowlers dropped so much? and why?
Michael Clarke's Batting
Why has Michael Clark not realised he can't play shots wide of off stump?
He doesn't get accross to the pace bowlers and plays away from his body which means he hits in the air through covers and often edges to slips/keeper. He would make a lot more runs if he left balls wide of off because he hardly ever makes runs when it counts and goes out this way. Needs to leave these balls, good batsmen don't play shots they can't play very well.
Who is coaching these blokes!
Our Bowling
How come we picked all seamers on wickets that don't bounce or seam? Finally we pick a spinner when it's all but over. I don't know what Casson did to be dropped, thought he did alright in the West Indies...
So much for our bowling coach. Lee and Johnson bowling with scrambled seams with no chance of moving the ball!
Our selectors have proven to be idiots and our bowling coach should be sacked on these efforts. We didn't play a side suited to the conditions and we didn't pick the best avaliable. Our pace bowlers have lost skills and have not gained any since the new bowling coach has arrived.
Brett Lee is a short pace bowler, his bounce and seam will be minimal, he must swing it. He used to bowl with the seam up nice and angled but now its no good at all, especially now he is getting slower he needs to become more skillful like Dennis Lillie did.
Mitchell Johnson could be a great bowler when he gets his seam position right. Left armers are are a bonus because they swing it into the right handers and away from left handers (traditionally) which he has failed to do. If he got his seam position right, with his height and pace could be one of the worlds finest bowlers.
Needs to work on holding the ball diferently. He appears to put a bit of off cut on the ball and runs his fingers accross the seam. Perhaps should hold the ball (ah-la Matthew Hoggard) with the seam angled in his hand so it points towards the base of his ring finger so when his fingers roll over the ball they roll down the seam and not accross it.
Cameron White is incorectly called a leg spinner. He is a wrist spinner who bowls over the wrist top spinners. looks very stiff in the action and might not have the flexability to get things into the position to get more side spin on the ball. Is too front on which is why he can't land them or impart side spin. Not good enough to make it as a bowler and his batting isn't quite there.
Krejza brilliant deput, showed great resilliance and looks like a possible Aussie player for time to come! Bowls a good top spinner and turns the ball. Should have played every game.
Ben Hilfenhaus to me looks the best swing bowler in the country and should have been taken to india. We didn't play a swing bowler and their swing bowler (Zaheer Khan) has done very well. We lack a bowler who takes the new ball, bowls full and swings it. Someone who can get an opener and a top order player out is someone we haven't got.
Shane Watson was the only bowler to hit the seem and he has had some success. Shows what the front liners could have achieved if they were bowling properly. Has deserved his place.
Andrew Simonds has failed in domestic cricket and if in form would have been more than valuable with his more than handy part time off spin and batting. Been a big let down and might be finished as a test player.
Our bowling plan has been crap. Bowling around the wicket to left handers even when they reach 100 after facing around the wicket bowling? This is Rubbish. can't get them out LBW.
Bowling short of a length with the new ball is basically admitting we can't swing the ball.
Lack of yorkers and bouncers? Has the skill level of our bowlers dropped so much? and why?
