James Pattinson backs Cricket Australia’s rotation policy – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653, the young Australian fast bowler, has backed the selectors’ rotation policy and admitted that playing too much cricket at a young age can hamper a budding speedster’s progress at the international level.
Over the last few years, Australia have struggled to maintain their supremacy at the global stage, since the retirement of some of their leading bowlers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 were expected to take the Baggy Greens forward; however, both of them struggled with form and fitness, which resulted in the former’s retirement earlier this year.
The situation however, seems to be ameliorating now with the emergence of some extremely talented bowlers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392.
A number of former cricketers have been asking Cricket Australia to use its youngsters properly, keeping in mind international cricket’s hectic schedule. This is the reason why the fast bowling trio has not been used in every series.
Pattinson himself has been rested for the on-going http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The 22-year-old cricketer wants to represent his country in every single encounter but understands that the selectors are thinking long-term.
"I can definitely see where they're coming from. As a fast bowler you don't want to miss games but there's so much cricket all over the world now, Twenty20 and Test cricket is getting more and more. We are a pretty young bowling side and we don't want to
get burnt out too early," said Pattinson.
Cummins is just 19; whereas, Pattinson and Starc are 22. The fast bowler from Victoria believes that all of them will get fitter and stronger with the passage of time and will play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 consistently in the coming years.
He mentioned, "The way they are doing it now is very good and that will hold us in good stead come three or four years once we reach that age of 25 and our bodies are more mature."
Australia have a very important home season coming up, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 touring down under later this year. The young bowling trio is expected to play a huge role in the upcoming battle.
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