Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1739 –
Yesterday it was a boring road, today it's deadly, unpredictable and breaking up!
It's not gone through some dramatic change.
The real difference is the discipline of the bowlers in building pressure by bowling at the stumps and in good zones. Our batsmen have hardly had a delivery they can leave! I'm normally a bowling booster having spent 17 years playing cricket as an all-rounder, but I just can't find a positive for our current crew of quicks, they are very average in terms of control and consistency and they are not beginners.
Not that I'm making excuses for a batsmen either, they have been average as well, the Indians can get wickets even when the ball doesn't bounce!
The commentators on the wireless had consistently described the pitch as flat and lacking bounce. That doesn't suit our bowlers, including Lyon, who rely heavily on bounce. The Indian bowlers have simply used the flat pitch better, but it does suit their style of bowling and preferred wicket taking methods.