4/240 (48.2).
Yet another Oz loss.
Make that 4 wins out of the last 28 ODIs (25 completed).
Winning %: 16%.
T20 & ODI tour of India.
They are batting one short with Finch at the top of the order. He's been a good player but he has looked very poor at international level this season, as well as in domestic T20s for the Renegades. He simply looks like he can't take the game by the scruff of the neck, anymore and he is getting out too cheaply, too often, as well.
If Warner and Smith get back, a lineup of Warner, Short, Stoinis, Smith, Maxwell, Hanscomb looks a little more likely to make a competitive score than the current one. Turner and Carey may improve, too, of course and take one or two of those top 6 spots but, watching last night, the real problem was that Maxwell couldn't step up the pace early enough because (as it appeared from this distance) he had no confidence in the batting coming behind him. Rightly so, too.
Meanwhile, our position is not as bad as some: England had a chance to win their 5-game ODI series against the WIndies overnight. Instead, they collapsed from 5/111 to be all out for 113 and then watched the WIndies chase down the target with 227 balls to spare (that's right, almost 38 overs were not required). Funny stuff.
If Warner and Smith get back, a lineup of Warner, Short, Stoinis, Smith, Maxwell, Hanscomb looks a little more likely to make a competitive score than the current one. Turner and Carey may improve, too, of course and take one or two of those top 6 spots but, watching last night, the real problem was that Maxwell couldn't step up the pace early enough because (as it appeared from this distance) he had no confidence in the batting coming behind him. Rightly so, too.
Meanwhile, our position is not as bad as some: England had a chance to win their 5-game ODI series against the WIndies overnight. Instead, they collapsed from 5/111 to be all out for 113 and then watched the WIndies chase down the target with 227 balls to spare (that's right, almost 38 overs were not required). Funny stuff.
Brettig argues that...
Aaron Finch needs a break, not the sack
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... k-not-sack .
Brettig acknowledges Finch's technical limitations ---
"As was to be seen during the Test series against India, Finch's longstanding technical weakness against the ball moving back into him created enormous trouble, compounded further when a paceman as skillful and persistent as Jasprit Bumrah was also to take the occasional ball away towards the slips. These challenges provided Finch with a dilemma he had experienced in the past for Victoria, but never before under the scrutiny of Test matches."
--- but argues Finch has been harmed by the frequency of format changes, quoting Finch himself:
' "In the UAE my technique really tightened up," he said in November. "Those technique changes have probably hurt me a bit in the one-dayers - I am not quite as free. It's a more focused technique on keeping everything tight and straight and simple. It's a few changes that are simple but I feel they give me the best chance in the longer format." '
Aaron Finch needs a break, not the sack
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... k-not-sack .
Brettig acknowledges Finch's technical limitations ---
"As was to be seen during the Test series against India, Finch's longstanding technical weakness against the ball moving back into him created enormous trouble, compounded further when a paceman as skillful and persistent as Jasprit Bumrah was also to take the occasional ball away towards the slips. These challenges provided Finch with a dilemma he had experienced in the past for Victoria, but never before under the scrutiny of Test matches."
--- but argues Finch has been harmed by the frequency of format changes, quoting Finch himself:
' "In the UAE my technique really tightened up," he said in November. "Those technique changes have probably hurt me a bit in the one-dayers - I am not quite as free. It's a more focused technique on keeping everything tight and straight and simple. It's a few changes that are simple but I feel they give me the best chance in the longer format." '
