The crucial difference is though that nobody calls Kallis a genius,some even dispute his greatness,yet he has often come in in swinging conditions, especially at home and made tough runs, even if they weren't at a quick rate. And he's batted at #3 before.
I'm not saying he was asking him to bowl long hops, but it was clear it would be short. Another favourite was 3 short covers yesterday.
Agree there, Punter's captaincy has not been inspiring but he's been handicapped by the conditions, poor fielding and poor bowling. He had the fieldsmen in the right position to dismiss Trott early but was let down.
Easily a great, Kallis and funnily enough KP thinks he's a all time great.
But how Strauss is doing / would do is irrelevant. The skipper under pressure, and under the microscope, is Ponting. And he can blame it on all sorts of factors but the fact is he's failed to conjure more than a single wicket in any of the last 10 sessions
There only tough to bowl to if your bowlers cant control their lines and lengths or if the batsman is too good
Interesting that both Punter and Greg Chappell apparently wanted Johnson in ahead of Bollinger despite the former's loss of form and confidence. Bollinger struggled a bit in his last Shield game and brings little to the table unless he's on top of his game. Johnson is often a match to match proposition but the tail looks long without him and at least he counts as a strike bowler.
Yes, I thought Broad was down on pace at 84-85mph, but 78mph is no good, heat is a factor but still.
Our ****house batting and the ****ing road of a pitch easily accounts for the mess we are in.
i'm not 'blaming' him for the poor bowling, but he's really not helping. He's telling the bowlers where to bowl, in bizarre places more often than not. Rather than just letting them hit top of off with a split field with men in front of square and concentrated in the gully, which is what Adelaide is all about.
