Former Australia skipper and veteran Allan Border has opined that the middle-order batter Travis Head must discover ways to play spin earlier than Australia’s subsequent tour of India. Border has advised that Head ought to check out Matthew Hayden’s gameplay within the subcontinent and make modifications to his batting method accordingly.
To notice, Head had very poor outings throughout Australia’s red-ball video games in opposition to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Taking part in on turning tracks on two latest Asian excursions, Head solely managed to attain 91 runs at a poor common of 15.17 together with his highest being simply 26 runs.
He’s an excellent participant in opposition to something aside from the turning ball: Border on Head
“He has acquired to sit down down and work out a way higher than it’s going in the mean time, that’s for positive. I’ve talked to him slightly bit about batting on spinning wickets,” cricket.com.au quoted Border as saying.
“He has acquired to discover ways to sweep and sweep properly. And he has acquired to make use of his toes – folks don’t appear to be ready to go down the monitor, and defend even. There are only a few delicate little issues. He’s an excellent participant in opposition to something aside from the turning ball. That’s the chink he has set to work on, however it’s (play the) sweep shot, use your toes, get on the entrance foot, and if you find yourself making an attempt to defend, use good smooth fingers,” Border added.
He additionally needs Head to be taught from Matthew Hayden because the Australian opener was very profitable within the Asian nations. The left-handed batter had amassed 1,663 in Asia at an impressive common of fifty.39. He had additionally demolished India’s bowling line-up throughout their sequence in 2001 the place he smashed 549 runs at a mean of 109.80.
“Hayden is a good instance. You’re speaking a few child who batted on the Gabba 5 video games a 12 months, then the WACA … Sydney (the SCG pitch) turned, that was the one place that actually (gave you an opportunity to bat) in opposition to a spin bowler,” stated Border.
