by dont think do » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:10 am
Australia has an all rounder, Gilly.
He would (over the last 5-7 years ) get a game on his batting alone and then he is able to perform another role.
Selection should be pick the best 6 batsman we have, pick the best 4 bowlers we have and then a keeper who can bat.
Out of the 6 batsman you will find one or two who can roll thier arm over eg, Clarke, Symonds, Hodge, Hussy, Pointing, White and hope that between them they can keep it to about 6 an over. Push the field back and pitch it up and let them take a single of each ball.
The 4 main bowlers then need to take wickets or keep things very tight, one leads to the other but dont try to do both at once. Wickets arent the main thing in a one day game its runs, they should be looking at 40 runs or less from thier 10 overs.
Get away from the short crap, and the full toss on leg stump.
If you look at the way the poms got out and most of time it was shit shots, however when you look at the way we got out, Hayden unlucky but a poor shot as the ball was to wide, Pointing ball dragged him into the shot and moved away, Clarke see pointing, Gilly inswinging yorker. Rest are hard to comment on as we needed quick runs.
How many of our bowlers put them under pressure?
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