Lack of red-ball practice concerns Hussey - Cricket News Update
Australian middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, admitted that his preparations for the upcoming Test series against South Africa have not been perfect but is confident of producing the goods when the opening game takes place at Brisbane.
The Aussies have not played a competitive longer version game since beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 on their tour of the Caribbean in April-May. In addition to that, many of the first team players did not take part in the opening domestic Sheffield Shield games owing to their respective involvements in the recently concluded Champions League T20.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 back during the latter stages of the lucrative T20 tournament.
Hussey, who plied his trade with the Chennai Super Kings in the event, stayed on for the full duration and now will have a solitary shield game to get back into Test mode. The left-hander has been a mainstay for his side across all formats of the game, but his lack of match practice against a formidable Proteas lineup remains a serious worry for the management.
Over the past six months, it has been all limited-overs cricket for the Aussie veteran. After being rested from the five-ODI English tour, he took part in the shorter formats against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at UAE, while further played a pivotal role in the team’s World T20 campaign, where they were eventually eliminated at the semi-final stage.
In the CLT20, he played the opening matches before being benched in preference for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613. However, the time spent on the sidelines allowed Hussey to focus on red-ball cricket.
"It's not perfect. You'd definitely prefer at least a couple [of Shield games]," Hussey said. "But that's the way the schedule is and there's nothing I can do about it ... But I must admit my training while I was over in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 with red balls over there. I have done a fair bit of work in the lead-up to this Shield game.
"I'd prefer to have more first-class games but having said that I find the transition from Twenty20 into the longer form a lot easier than the other way around. Hopefully I can make the adjustment relatively quickly."
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