http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 credits Arthur for improved form - Cricket News Update
Crediting his recent good form to the new Australian head coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969, the belligerent opening batsman, David Warner has said that the tips he had received from the South African played a key role in his impressive form.
The 25-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 he had changed his stance slightly on the advice of Arthur and it worked wonders for him.
"I don't think many people would have noticed this at all, but in the second innings in the (Hobart) Test I actually changed my stance," said Warner, who scored a pair of centuries last week.
"My stance was a bit closer than it normally is. Mickey Arthur actually just made note to me before that saying I think that you should move your stance closer together. It allows me to put my weight going forward," he explained.
Warner, along with two other youngsters, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, had been given a baggy green on the first Test of the two-match series against the Kiwis at Gabba.
After failing to impress the fans and selectors with the bat in Brisbane, the hard hitting opening batsman made a stunning comeback, scoring an unbeaten 123 in the second innings of the Hobart Test, though his painstaking century could not help http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
avoid a seven-run defeat at the hands of Trans-Tasmanian rivals for the first time in 26 years.
Warner then blazed away to all corners of the Melbourne Cricket Ground as he reverted to his former format of choice, T20 cricket, on Saturday night. In the Big Bash T20 clash between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars, he played aggressive cricket scoring
102 runs off just 51 balls to take the tourists home in the penultimate over with six wickets intact.
Warner said the change in his batting style helped him a lot to improve his game.
"That's really helped me and it shows that in the Twenty20 form it works as well," he said.
Warner is also part of Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI playing against star studded http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the second warm-up game in Canberra, and is one of the most probable players for the Boxing Day Test squad of Australia.
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