Barry Richards advises Kangaroo fans not to overestimate the team – Cricket News Update
The Australian fans must be prepared to bear a shock, since their team may not sail smoothly when it takes on the mighty Men in Blue in the upcoming 4-Test home series, advised the former South African batting great, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Barry-Anderson-Richards-c47327.
Like other international cricket experts, Richards too believes that India have an ideal chance to win their first ever Test series on the Oz soil as their opponents are struggling through a transitional phase, making risky experiments and trying new faces.
Talking to the media, the ex-batter said, “Australia’s come right back to the pack. Fans are just going to have to lower their expectations of what their team is capable of. That’s taking a bit of time, isn’t it?”
Barry also opines that the senior Kangaroo batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, must hang their boots as they are no longer capable to contribute to their team’s victories. However, he thinks that there are not enough young cricketers in the nation
to replace the veteran duo.
He told, “If someone is there to take their place, they should go. And therein lays the problem.”
Ponting and Hussey are experiencing the worst ever slump of their career, constantly failing to get big scores. One of them is likely to be axed ahead of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 tour.
Richards also argues that the 20-over format is not the right way to play the game, as it is commercially driven. “The size of the fields, the pitches and the power of the bats are so different from what we know as cricket that they should actually invent
another name for it. It’s so commercially driven in batsmen’s favour that Stevie Wonder could go out and hit 50.”
However, he avows that this brand of cricket is suitable for an independent player who does not have to bother about his national commitments. According to him, the one good thing about the limited-over version is that it showers immense cash on the contractors.
Richards played only 4 Test matches in his career but scored 508 with 2 centuries. Apart from this, he lashed 80 First-Class tons.
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