Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Australia 3/25 chasing 413 to win.
Blaming one guy for 106 is just wrong.
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Selection?When this many players play this badly it points to one of two things: systems failure in player development or poor preparation.
Selection?
Maybe it's time we started picking horses for courses (isn't that a loaded term in Australian cricket!)
Maybe the teams in Australia and the sub continent shouldn't be essentially the same
it might be too much to expect all but the best to develop the skills the past players had, as well as all of the new 2020 skills the old guys didn't have.Perhaps, but you'd like to think that most of the best batsmen could play in most conditions - with maybe the odd guy who is really good at spin comes in on the sub-continent or someone who is great against swing in England, but there really are some technique and mental issues that need addressing.
As we saw in England, too many guys go hard at the ball in a nothing defensive stroke and edge to slip. This is fairly basic stuff -soft hands to take the negate turn and bounce - skills that a 1st class cricketer of past generations could execute.
it might be too much to expect all but the best to develop the skills the past players had, as well as all of the new 2020 skills the old guys didn't have.
The again, perhaps we should be paying more attention to the form of the IPL guys who spend more time on subcontinental pitches than any of our other players.
My last thought is we've always been this bad at playing spin, it has just taken a little while for the sub continental teams to stack the pitches and the big change over recent years - umpires are now willing to give front foot LBW if you get a big stride down the pitch. That one is because of Hawkeye
That fact alone changes the way you have to play
8-165
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9/181, the end is nigh