New Delhi, Feb 22 (Ians) Former Australia cricketer Geoff Lawson has questioned Pat Cummins’ lack of leadership experience, especially of captaining spinners in Indian conditions as well as the role of spin bowling coach, former New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori.
Cummins’ choices as captain have been under scrutiny since Australia lost the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test to India by six wickets in New Delhi, after losing the first Test by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur. The result meant Australia can’t win the Test series in India after now being 2-0 behind.
“Cummo (Cummins) has so little experience captaining on spinning wickets, in the contemporary game your captain plays very little Sheffield Shield, and he certainly doesn’t play on spinning wickets.”
“So where does he learn to do all the creative and adaptable things you need to do? He doesn’t, he just gets thrown in the deep...
Cummins’ choices as captain have been under scrutiny since Australia lost the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test to India by six wickets in New Delhi, after losing the first Test by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur. The result meant Australia can’t win the Test series in India after now being 2-0 behind.
“Cummo (Cummins) has so little experience captaining on spinning wickets, in the contemporary game your captain plays very little Sheffield Shield, and he certainly doesn’t play on spinning wickets.”
“So where does he learn to do all the creative and adaptable things you need to do? He doesn’t, he just gets thrown in the deep...
- 2/22/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Dec 31 (Ians) Though Australia have got Test series victories at home over West Indies and South Africa, former fast bowler Geoff Lawson believes that one will find out the true steel of the Pat Cummins-led side in times to come when the team will tour India and England next year.
“The results against the Windies and South Africa have inured a winning culture. The downside of those comfortable victories is that there have been precious few periods of pressure to hone the psyche. Those times are about to come, and we will find out the true steel of Cummins’ Australians.”
“As much as this summer has been characterised by the mediocrity of the visitors’ cricket, the coming winter is the most expected for an age: “Bazball” versus “Patball”, preceded by four Tests in India. The contrast in conditions will be stark,” wrote Lawson in his column for...
“The results against the Windies and South Africa have inured a winning culture. The downside of those comfortable victories is that there have been precious few periods of pressure to hone the psyche. Those times are about to come, and we will find out the true steel of Cummins’ Australians.”
“As much as this summer has been characterised by the mediocrity of the visitors’ cricket, the coming winter is the most expected for an age: “Bazball” versus “Patball”, preceded by four Tests in India. The contrast in conditions will be stark,” wrote Lawson in his column for...
- 12/31/2022
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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