Stop rotating bowlers in Tests, Brett Lee to Australian selectors
The former Australian quick, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419, believes the rotation policy of Cricket Australia designed to protect pace bowlers from injuries is actually hindering their development.
Speaking to media reporters on Sunday, 22 January 2012, the veteran speedster said that the job of the selectors is to pick the best players for every department of the game every time.
"I'm here or there with the 50-over game in that guys might need a rest because there is so much of it played," said Lee, who quit Test cricket two years ago to focus on the One Day format of the game.
"Twenty20 is obviously 'do what you want' because that's the game - you amp it up. However, for Test match cricket you put the best on the park every time,” he added further.
Since the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins - have been
doing well lately. The Australian pacers have been in outstanding form during the ongoing Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, which the Kangaroos presently lead 3-0.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in November last year, had opined that he will design a rotational policy for the fast bowlers to preserve their bodies and protect them from injuries. Lee has a different take on
the matter.
“Guys have to be fit and strong enough to get through and play a whole Test series,” insisted the veteran pacer.
‘It's a fact of cricketing life that along the way things do happen, players will get injured but that creates opportunity for others," he added.
The 35-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 speedster clarified his position by stating that his opposition to the rotation system did not mean that he wants to burn the bowlers out with a hectic schedule. He added that fast bowlers need to retain their form and sturdiness
through hard work on the field and not by resting on the sidelines.
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