Gidman has been released from captaincy to focus on batting, says John Bracewell - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Garry-Bracewell-c67876, today, June 21.
"Alex is our big hitter, but the burden of captaincy and responsibility in Twenty20 is quite overwhelming and we've seen, over the last few years, a number of captains wilt and retire from the captaincy during that period,” said Gloucestershire’s Director of Cricket while speaking to media reporters on Thursday.
Gidman, the 30-year-old hard-hitting top-order batsman from Buckinghamshire, who has been leading the Gladiators in all the three formats of cricket since 2009, was replaced by New Zealand’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamish-Marshall-c1525 ahead of this year’s Flt20 campaign.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866, to see the side home with a colossal margin of 109. It is pertinent to mention here that the Buckinghamshire-born cricketer was skippering Gladiators in that match.
Bracewell however said that being short on batting firepower, the management wants Gidman to take the onus of spearheading the batting line-up while shunning all other responsibilities and tensions.
“(we want) Alex to just go out there and strike the ball, without the responsibility of saying, 'If I get out, what happens with the young guys?” insisted the 54-year-old former New Zealand cricketer.
Gidman has to date played 65 Twenty20 matches, compiling 1007 runs at an impressive strike rate of 116.55.
Urging the current Gloucestershire lot to start playing fearless cricket, Bracewell admitted that the county was missing the carefree attitude of Australian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s Craig Spearman (2003 to 2009).
"What we've lacked is that carefree attitude http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-Murray-Spearman-c51723 and Ian Harvey brought to batting when they played for us,” said the New Zealander.
"They were fearless of the consequence of getting out, which allowed them to take risks,” he added further.
With a loss and a rained out game so far, the Gladiators find themselves at the bottom of Midlands/Wales/West Group. They will next play Northants at Bristol, on June 22.
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