The royal whipping they received at Mohali, seem to have opened the eyes of the Australians to the need to take a leaf out of their adversaries book. The reality check has made them realize that ‘new age cricket’ would not do, instead they have to adapt their game to Indian conditions. Ponting admitted, “A lot of our players have learnt a lot of things from the last (Mohali) game".
After watching Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma reverse swing the ball, Nielson and his wards have recognized the need to maintain the shine on one side of the ball. In fact, there were reports of the Australian hiring the former Indian swing bowler Manoj Prabhakar to help them get a hang of reverse swing. Today, the media is replete with the news that Mitchell Johnson, the most successful Australian pacer (eight wickets at 31.25) has the additional responsibility of cuffing the ball. It is obvious the Australian bowlers are learning the art of reverse swing from the Indian bowlers. 
The Australian batsmen who looked a bit rusty on the tour opener initially clung on to the belief that with a bit more time in the middle, they would be fine, only to realize that just spending time in the middle is inadequate. Except Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey, no other batsmen have hit a century. In one innings, Stuart Clark hung on with Hussey to save their blushes. Haddin played a good hand in a couple of innings. Clarke’s was the lone sane innings in the mayhem at Mohali. For Australia, these innings proved insufficient to put the Indian bowlers under pressure.
Like their bowlers the Australian batsmen too have begun to realize that in India it is better to play the waiting game instead of blindly thrusting the foot to the ball and swishing. Hayden who is having a miserable tour has decided to follow the Indian batsmen style of waiting for the ball and playing from the back foot.
According to him, batting in India is about “clearing your feet and using your eyes and hands to play the ball, as opposed to moving your feet to the line of the ball and your head to the line of the ball."
Lets us hope the 8 day break will provide them the time to clear their misconceptions and open their mind to the challenge of playing India in India.
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7 comments:
Their arrogacy ,heady mixture of arrogance and idocy , pushed them to go for the win which they could never have achieved in this test with the current form of their batsmen.
Incidenatlly like the Australians I guess the lady is weighing her options.
One thing stunning is the message in that picture.
In the first half of the picture reflects a liberated women - independent, bold, no longer shy to stand up and show themselves in the light, proud modern powerhouses that will see a man in the eye and do everything better than men.
The second half of the picture which has the reflection shows the man's perspective... all he sees in a women - is the need to fondle.
Otts... am really sorry...delete if I crossed the line... I will promise to be good.
R,
Arrogacy -:)
I doubt whether they were going for a win. It seems more of desperation rather than desire to win.
R,
Unlike the lady the Australians were bereft of options.:)
Scorpi,
I promise to retain if you remain bad.:)
Terribly distracted Ott...old men become vile young things.
Deepavali greetings to you and yours!
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