Cricket Australia goes back to traditional way of adjudging man of the match award – Cricket News Update
Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 cricket management criticised the viewer-voting system in the recently concluded two match Test series against Australia.
The first game of the series was dominated by the Kangaroos and there was no controversy surrounding the player of the match, which was awarded to debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653, for his splendid bowling spell.
However, things got a little closer in the second Test, as New Zealand managed to win it by just seven runs in the end.
There were a couple of solid performers from both sides, but the Kiwi all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Doug-Bracewell-c1394 was the one who made the difference and guided his side to a historic victory in Australia.
The right-arm seamer picked up nine wickets in the match including a six-for in the second innings. He really turned things around for the visitors, but the fans in Australia voted for their local hero http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 for the man of the match award.
The flamboyant opener scored his maiden Test ton and carried the bat in the second innings of the Hobart match. However, his unbeaten 123 runs were not good enough to guide the team to victory and the series was levelled at 1-1 in the end.
Commenting on the controversial man of the match decision in Hobart, New Zealand’s assistant coach Trent Woodhill stated, “It's embarrassing. David Warner had a fantastic innings. He batted all the way through the innings. Doug Bracewell was the player of
that match. He took nine wickets for 60, if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have won the match. To me that's who the player of the match should be.”
However, CA’s chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Alexander-Sutherland-c65430 claimed, “We were always running a bit of a trial for these two Tests with those Man of the Match awards but we will definitely revert back to an expert's choice for that decision about man of the match.”
Australia will now be hosting a four-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and CA has confirmed that a traditional approach will be used towards deciding the match winning player in order to avoid further controversies.
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