http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776 considers fitness issues as a reason for Australian Cricket’s downfall - Cricket News Update
Geoffrey Boycott, former England captain, said that the Australian side needs to overcome its fitness issues and keep the young crop of fast-bowlers fit in order to regain its past glory in all formats of the game.
Australian cricket team has been in a downward spiral ever since the loss of some of its most celebrated players during the last few years. The retirement of the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Lawrence-Hayden-c75233 initiated the fall of the
Australian cricket which saw their relegation in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rankings.
The once invincible Australians, who dominated the cricketing fields around the world, have relinquished their thrones in both the Test and ODI formats and are currently ranked a shocking ninth spot, below http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in the T20Is.
Boycott however, feels that every great team has to go through a transitional phase, as they cannot stay at the top forever, like the great Australian and West Indian sides of the past.
“Look at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. It doesn’t stay
the same, life changes.”
The 71-year-old however, feels that fitness issues of the players have been a big letdown for the Australian cricket, which is trying hard to reverse the downslide.
Injury woes have troubled the Aussies, which has kept most of its key players out of the contest in the past 12 months. In July, One-day specialist http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 was forced to retire after frequent injury setbacks, adding to a list of former players that also
included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Bracken-c2068, who also broke down due to injury.
“I think the Australians have a fine array of seam bowlers but one of the problems seems to be keeping them fit,” he said.
The injury to teenage sensation Patrick Cummins underlined the current crisis which also included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 – all of whom have battled injuries in the last year alone.
“The young bowlers that they have found seem to be going down injured on a regular basis. They have some very good seam bowlers but if they are not fit, they are no use,” the former English captain said.
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