whufc wrote:Lyon is the best spinner no arguments there but does his inability to get wickets when the pitch is at its best for spinners mean maybe we should try and persist with finding a long term answer who can also bowl the side to victory
I think you blokes are forgetting the Adelaide test.
whufc wrote:Lyon is the best spinner no arguments there but does his inability to get wickets when the pitch is at its best for spinners mean maybe we should try and persist with finding a long term answer who can also bowl the side to victory
I think you blokes are forgetting the Adelaide test.
JK wrote:Blewy was only an average fielder himself (not that it necessarily equates to his ability to coach in that area)
Blewett was a great fielder. He also can not be blamed for the sub par fielding at the moment. The facts are the new blokes coming in to the test side aren't the quality of fieldsmen that Australia has been blessed with. Ponting, Hayden, Warne, Clarke etc etc.
As I said mate, his own fielding wouldnt necessarily have an affect on his coaching. Great fielder is a stretch, he was no Mark Waugh. Serviceable imho.
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JK wrote:Blewy was only an average fielder himself (not that it necessarily equates to his ability to coach in that area)
Blewy was a gun fielder especially in cover or mid wicket, covered the ground well with a very accurate throw. Fielding habits are pretty hard to change overnight. Give him time.
For every one I miss I am closer to a hole in one.
JK wrote:Blewy was only an average fielder himself (not that it necessarily equates to his ability to coach in that area)
Blewy was a gun fielder especially in cover or mid wicket, covered the ground well with a very accurate throw. Fielding habits are pretty hard to change overnight. Give him time.
Certainly was a top notch fielder. Even remember some screamers at short leg.
I love Warner's desperation in the field though. Very similar to Ricky Ponting the way he hunts down the ball. The other one I like in the field is Rogers but nobody ever seems to talk of him as a top fielder. But every time he has something to do, whether it's a catch or a stop, he gets the job done. I don't even recall seeing him looking slow to move.
JK wrote:Blewy was only an average fielder himself (not that it necessarily equates to his ability to coach in that area)
Blewett was a great fielder. He also can not be blamed for the sub par fielding at the moment. The facts are the new blokes coming in to the test side aren't the quality of fieldsmen that Australia has been blessed with. Ponting, Hayden, Warne, Clarke etc etc.
As I said mate, his own fielding wouldnt necessarily have an affect on his coaching. Great fielder is a stretch, he was no Mark Waugh. Serviceable imho.
Gun fielder. Wrong here jk
Happy to concede mate, there's better judges on here than me. Maybe (to my eye) he got lost at a time when we were spoilt for top shelf fielders.
daysofourlives wrote:Only Ponting was a better fielder in Blewett's era
I beg to differ. I reckon Mark Waugh was probably our best fielder during that time.
Not going to disagree but Taylor at slip was sensational and as the saying goes catches win matches
I should of clarified my statement a bit more, was more talking about fielding with in the infield, not so much the slips as no doubt Taylor and M.Waugh were great slippers
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Just on the fielding, how long is it since the Aussies have hit the stumps in a run out? Feels like forever. Think we were very lucky in that 90-00's period where it seemed hitting the stumps was the norm. In the cricket world in general now, however, now there seems a distinct lack of nous in the fielding, every throw is a shy at the stumps, and very rarely do they throw to the man over the stumps, that's if someone (in particular the bowler) has made the effort to get back there. Realistically most teams have only one or two blokes at any time you'd back in, but teams think everyone should.
