Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1006 –
Maxwell, on these pitches, a far, far better bowler than Mitch, and a much better bat too.
Not sure any batsmen can thrive on these wickets, the wickets are basically determining the outcome.
Maxwell plays a lot of cross bat shots from the crease, it's unlikely to lead to many significant innings on up and down turning pitches. The only things in his favor are experience in India and bowling variety.
In my opinion Marsh / Marsh / Wade are all making rookie mistakes, leading with the pads with bats besides. Sure get forward to the ball, but get forward with the bat and keep your pad back and angled down on these sort of wickets. Play well in front of your pads.
So far the best thing beside Lyon has been Wade's improved keeping, it's better than expected on a pretty crap wicket.
Finally, I had an interesting discussion at the pub last night. A fellow cricket enthusiast and long time player suggested the heavy bats Warner, Marsh, Wade, etc., use do not favor scoring in India. He thinks you need light weight bats that allow for very late and significant adjustments(Low interia, easy to move), lots of 1s and 2s with not so many boundaries.