Prince EWS
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Nah thirteen. The eleven that played the second ODI, minus Hussey and plus Ferguson, Warner and Pattinson.
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*Official* Australia in India 2010
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Prince EWS
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Hussey's going home to play a Sheffield Shield game in preparation for the Ashes. Bollinger could play at a pinch if the game was important but they don't see the need to risk him with his side strain. I'm surprised they didn't send him home after the Tests as well TBH.
vic_orthdox
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Nah, Pattinson has a back injury, done and dusted I believe.
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stephen
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Yeah it was wonderful watching him manhandle Pollock, taking him for 18 off the over. Pollock was ranked #1 in the world for ODI bowlers at the time.
Indeed.
He took guard half way down the pitch.
I don't think we need fantastically talented players (such as Haydos) in oder to successfully go hard in the subcontinent though. The grounds are tiny and the pitches are generally benign. I'm not saying it's easy, just that you can get away with mis-hits over there.
TBH you can blame New Zealand. They dropped him in a game six months before the World Cup and he went on to make a hundred. If he had made a low score in that game his career was over. He then went on to brutalise all other ODI nations for the next year or two.
He always had the talent, just lacked confidence at times. Also his role in ODIs was more of an anchor at the top to be the ballast for the inevitable 15-over maximum Gilchrist innings. Hayden retired with a huge ODI average and mediocre strike rate (well if 80 can be considered mediocre).
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Spark
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Then, also, we had rampaging Ponting, rampaging Gilchrist (in the final, at least), rampaging Clarke, rampaging Hodge, rampaging Watson...
That was a side and a half. Miss that side so much.
Ruckus
International Captain
I think the problem with Clarke is all in his head. He is a classy player with good technique, and has proved in the past he can score at a rapid pace. These days he just seems to freeze up when the pressure to score increases - he just looks like he is thinking too much in the moment; if he tried to relax, then I'm sure the boundaries would start to flow.
Spark
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I agree with this, given that in recent times in little bursts he has scored at a very rapid pace in all three forms of the game.
Can't be deined that his technique change has hampered his big shot-making though.
aussie
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Maybe. Or it could be as i fear, that he has just transformed to this type of batsmen since Ashes 06/07 & its here for good.
Spark
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He still hits it very, very, very hard through point and cover when he times it properly. Obviously can hit straight pretty decent (not Cameron White, obviously, though), and if he can repeat his six then his midwicket shots will be a good scoring option as well.
The issue is - and this was on display most obviously in the two 90's in England - that at the end, he tries so bloody hard to smash the ball that forgets that he's not the strongest bloke in the world so he can't muscle it like a White, Symonds or Hayden can. What he does have is superb timing, but when he tries to do that he just doesn't time it at all, the result being squirted edges and poor placement. It also doesn't help that he doesn't really try to vary his scoring shots, I lost count of the number of times he tried to unsuccessfully back away and put it through/over cover. A fairly easy man to set a PP field to in that case.
When he does time it properly, he hits it plenty hard enough.
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Worth it if he continues to be excellent in tests though.
Ruckus
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Yeh I don't think power is a prerequisite to being successful in the shorter formats. Clarke needs to follow Tendulkar's example, and try to work on timing and being more inventive with his shots. Maybe he needs to bring in the Pupscoop.
Spark
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Well let's try the orthodox before going the unorthodox.
He has a good sweep. He should use it. Then if you want to get unorthodox take a leaf out of Hussey's book, and reverse-paddle.
Does need to eliminate dot balls as a priority though,
Ruckus
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Yeh I was joking lol...
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vic_orthdox
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Clarke's become a bit more bottom handed since his renaissance as a batsman, it cuts off his strokes to certain areas and the proof is that he's now very much a check driver, especially when he hits straight.
aussie
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Yep. Since at the end of the day, thats all that matters.