gbatman
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If you were Australia's bowling coach...
If you were Australia's bowling coach, what would you like to see change from our bowlers? What deliveries would you like to see them bowl and would you change their mentality? What other things would you do/work on?
I believe our bowlers lack a little variation.
For mine...
Johnson
Johnson bowls off cutters. He runs his fingers down the side of the ball (accross the seam). With a conventional grip he will always scramble the seam. So what not have him hold the ball in an unconventional way where the ball is held slightly cross seamed so when his fingers come down the side of the ball they are running down the seam. The ball would in theory come out with an unscrambled seam with a lot of angle and the posibality to hit the seam and cut and swing more.
I always wonder how fast he could bowl if he did have his fingers behind the ball when he released it. He must be losing pace by cutting the ball like he does. Could he bowl mid to high 150's?
Bollinger
Wouldn't really change a thing appart from trying to get a bit more angle on his seam like he used to have to get a bit more swing.
Siddle
Siddle when fit bowls between 145 and 150 km/h, with plenty of bouncers and fire. When that is not happening you know something is wrong and it's hardly happened all summer. For me he is not fit. He also needs to learn to move the ball. His seam has not been great latly and even when it is good it's a bit too straight. Perhaps a slight change in his action and how his right arm follows through?
Hauritz
Will never bowl a doozera so lets not mention it. I recon he needs a better straight ball. A back spinning seam up delivery similar to what graeme smith bowls would be good in his armory. This ball skids, goes straight and sometimes swings. It's good to see him bowling slower though and mixing up his pace.
Hilfenhaus
He's a great out swing bowler but he doesn't vary his deliveries enough. He doesn't bowl the straight ball enough. An inswinger might be good but perhaps he can't bowl it.
Harris
FFS don't change him. I have seen blokes like Lee and bollinger who were swing bowlers turned into seamers by the current coach and I am not a great fan of that. This guy has the ability to bowl fast and accurate swingers and seamers, he's a real find! Not many of our men have that skill and variation.
McKay
He needs to work on his line a little more and he needs to move the ball more. I'm not a huge fan of his action, looks to collapse at the crease a bit.
Watson
He's been great. Bowled accurate and is swinging the ball. He's finally getting away from the gun barrel straight seam and moving the ball aroun, it's good to see.
If you were Australia's bowling coach, what would you like to see change from our bowlers? What deliveries would you like to see them bowl and would you change their mentality? What other things would you do/work on?
I believe our bowlers lack a little variation.
For mine...
Johnson
Johnson bowls off cutters. He runs his fingers down the side of the ball (accross the seam). With a conventional grip he will always scramble the seam. So what not have him hold the ball in an unconventional way where the ball is held slightly cross seamed so when his fingers come down the side of the ball they are running down the seam. The ball would in theory come out with an unscrambled seam with a lot of angle and the posibality to hit the seam and cut and swing more.
I always wonder how fast he could bowl if he did have his fingers behind the ball when he released it. He must be losing pace by cutting the ball like he does. Could he bowl mid to high 150's?
Bollinger
Wouldn't really change a thing appart from trying to get a bit more angle on his seam like he used to have to get a bit more swing.
Siddle
Siddle when fit bowls between 145 and 150 km/h, with plenty of bouncers and fire. When that is not happening you know something is wrong and it's hardly happened all summer. For me he is not fit. He also needs to learn to move the ball. His seam has not been great latly and even when it is good it's a bit too straight. Perhaps a slight change in his action and how his right arm follows through?
Hauritz
Will never bowl a doozera so lets not mention it. I recon he needs a better straight ball. A back spinning seam up delivery similar to what graeme smith bowls would be good in his armory. This ball skids, goes straight and sometimes swings. It's good to see him bowling slower though and mixing up his pace.
Hilfenhaus
He's a great out swing bowler but he doesn't vary his deliveries enough. He doesn't bowl the straight ball enough. An inswinger might be good but perhaps he can't bowl it.
Harris
FFS don't change him. I have seen blokes like Lee and bollinger who were swing bowlers turned into seamers by the current coach and I am not a great fan of that. This guy has the ability to bowl fast and accurate swingers and seamers, he's a real find! Not many of our men have that skill and variation.
McKay
He needs to work on his line a little more and he needs to move the ball more. I'm not a huge fan of his action, looks to collapse at the crease a bit.
Watson
He's been great. Bowled accurate and is swinging the ball. He's finally getting away from the gun barrel straight seam and moving the ball aroun, it's good to see.
). The big thing he has improved is his variety and can now spin the ball almost as much as the best of them. How and when he does it is up to him, and he has done that well IMO. He is only going to get better. Expect to see him around for a while to come.