Dean Jones endorses teenager’s advice to Michael Clarke
Australia’s former Test cricketer, Dean Jones has backed the advice of a 17-year-old gatecrasher for the struggling Michael Clarke saying that the teenager was spot-on in his judgment.
The Geelong schoolboy named Daniel Brew sneaked in a pre-match press conference of Michael Clarke on Thursday and was daring enough to point out the mistakes in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120’s batting technique.
The jovial stand-in captain of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 asked the schoolboy about what he should be doing and the teenager was prompt to advice.
“You should be playing the ball under your nose and at eye level and not be reaching for it too much,” said the teenager. “That's how you're going to get out,” added the Victorian who represents Grovedale fourths in the Geelong tournament.
The cricketer-turned-commentator http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-c53369 Jones supported Brew’s views. “He's right. He's got some fair points. I think (Brew) is just being honest with how to play. Sometimes the truth is the hardest pill to swallow,” Jones said.
Clarke, however, seemed to have ignored teenager’s advise as he could only manage 10 runs in the second one-day against England at Hobart on Friday before cutting to Ian Bell at point off Tim Bresnan.
Clarke’s lousy shot irked Brew, who was also watching the match at Bellerive Oval with his father. The schoolboy said that the 29-year-old Australian batsman broke his promise of working on his advice.
Clarke has been struggling with the bat recently and could only manage 193 runs at a below par average of 21.44 in the 2010-11 Ashes series.
When Jones was asked about Clarke’s continuous poor performance with the bat, the former Australia batsman said that the stand-in captain was lacking at the footwork.
“If your head moves to the ball, then your feet will follow... Your feet don't go first, your head does,” said Jones.
Jones also said the middle-order batsman needs to get back to his former coach, Neil Dacosta as he can guide him better on how to rectify his mistakes.
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