Ian Healy not happy with Brad Haddin’s wicket-keeping – Cricket News Update
Australia’s wicket-keeper of the century, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170’s job behind the stumps, and rated his recent glovework as ‘substandard’.
Healy elucidated that wicket-keeping is Haddin’s primary job and he needs to improve his act in order to retain his place in the team.
Despite conceding that fact that the 34-year-old competitor has been going through a bad phase and is under immense pressure, he clarified that as an experienced player, Haddin requires to get out of the lean patch as quickly as he can.
''I think his performances have been substandard and not good enough for Brad Haddin in the last two tours. He's definitely under pressure but I'm comfortable with the pressure he is under because I think he should be feeling that. I think he is the
No.1 in the country to do the job but for some reason it's not coming out in his play,” said Healy who is widely regarded as one of all time best in the business.
Not only poor wicket-keeping, his ordinary batting show is another major issue for the Aussies. In the first innings of the in-progress Johannesburg Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir. He
was reckless in the opening Test as well, as he scored just five runs in the crucial game.
Healy is disappointed by Haddin’s recital with the bat over the last few months. He however, dismissed the notion that the youngsters, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Peter-Hewitt-c66001 on a long-term basis.
The former great, who was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918 in 1999, also made it clear that Haddin will have to come up with an improved show, because it is not the way an Aussie should perform at the highest level.
"His form looked very lethargic, and that happens because of one of two things: you're nervous or you're lazy,'' added the 47-year-old former stumper, who is at the number three position in the list of top glovesmen with 395 dismissals after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MV-Boucher-c2048
(525) and Gilchrist (416).
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