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Nah thirteen. The eleven that played the second ODI, minus Hussey and plus Ferguson, Warner and Pattinson.Hussey and Dougeh on the way home apparently. Squad now down to 12 I think.
Dougeh.
Nah thirteen. The eleven that played the second ODI, minus Hussey and plus Ferguson, Warner and Pattinson.Hussey and Dougeh on the way home apparently. Squad now down to 12 I think.
Dougeh.
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.Injuries or general CBA'dness?
If DtR is still feeling his side I'm surprised he was kept out there this long.
Nah, Pattinson has a back injury, done and dusted I believe.Nah thirteen. The eleven that played the second ODI, minus Hussey and plus Ferguson, Warner and Pattinson.
Don't contradict me, ****.Nah thirteen. The eleven that played the second ODI, minus Hussey and plus Ferguson, Warner and Pattinson.
Nah, Pattinson has a back injury, done and dusted I believe.
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.As we did for most of the 07 WC. Except back then we had a rampaging HAYDOS at the peak of his brutal best. My god I loved how he handed new asses to the South African bowlers.
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.Hayden was ridiculously good in the '07 WC. I have no clue where that came from, he was a good but not great ODI player upto then.
Then, also, we had rampaging Ponting, rampaging Gilchrist (in the final, at least), rampaging Clarke, rampaging Hodge, rampaging Watson...As we did for most of the 07 WC. Except back then we had a rampaging HAYDOS at the peak of his brutal best. My god I loved how he handed new asses to the South African bowlers.
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.The changed happened in his ODI game, after he was dropped from the test side & was recalled in Ashes 06/07. That style of play vanished & he has been struggling to replicate it ever since in ODIs.
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.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.
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.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.
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.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.
Worth it if he continues to be excellent in tests though.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.
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.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.
Well let's try the orthodox before going the unorthodox.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.
Yeh I was joking lol...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,
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.
Yep. Since at the end of the day, thats all that matters.Worth it if he continues to be excellent in tests though.
the relevance of that image is really suprisingly good haha