Cricket News in Brief – December 25, 2011 – Part 1
Former Australian top-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, they have to subdue the top four Indian batsmen.
According to him, India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978’s Australian side, in order for the home team to dominate the visitors.
He advised the team to restrict the Indians from hitting boundaries as it is an open secrehttp://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472 that batsmen from India don’t like running.
Under stress, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Greg-Shipperd-c1507, in order to tune his batting before the first Test against India on December 26, 2011 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
"I got Greg Shipperd, my first state coach, to come down and feed me some balls on the machine, so that he could have a bit of a look at what I was doing. He knows my game very well, and I knew the areas I needed to work on and the things I needed to fix," Ponting said.
The batsman is facing a possible axe from the national team if he failes to deliver in the Boxing Day clash against India as Australian selectors have made it clear to the cricketers that they have to perform in order to retain their place in the national squad.
Ponting was replaced by Michael Clarke as Australia’s captain after the side lost their World title in the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup 2011.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, has cautioned India to be wary of Australia’s pace attack, as the Indian batsmen will be tested by the Aussies once the Test series gets underway on December 26, 2011.
Wasim feels that even in the absence of pacers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, the Australian still can cause problems for the Indians, who will have to face them on fast tracks.
"Australia will not give flat decks for Indian batsmen to thrive. Their fast bowlers bowl at 145 kmph and above. If all three of them bowl at an average speed of 147-148 consistently then Indians will definitely find it tough,” said Wasim.
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