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Multi-dimensional players are now a necessity, not a luxury

Cricket continues to prove, as it has for a while now, that teams need multi-skilled players. That can sometimes be interpreted to mean bits and pieces players. It can be a fatal misinterpretation. Those players have rarely made a contribution to one-day cricket. Instead, what I am suggesting a ....Read more

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hasha bhogleBy: ajay phatak jabalpur | Thursday , 11 Dec '08 8:11:48 AM Reply | Forward i am 100% agree with your comments with kind of apporch will will creat two world class indin team

Secondary SkillsBy: Dan | Saturday , 6 Dec '08 10:38:53 AM Reply | Forward Good point, Harsha. Especially with regard to bowlers learning to bat. Tail-end scoring is an unglamarous aspect of Australia's success that has often been overlooked, but has often been decisive. I believe it was Steve Waugh who instituted a program whereby each bowler in the team would be mentored in batting technique by a top-order batsman. Gillespie is the classic example of a bowler who sweated to develop a strong defence that would enable him to stick around for long periods while a batsman at the other end accrued the runs. Australia has been as guilty as other teams in picking bits-and-pieces players in an attempt to unearth a good all-rounder. But the willingness of players like Gillespie and Lee, and even McGrath, to work hard to improve their batting has reaped handsome rewards. An average of 15-20 goes unnoticed but, coming from a no.10, it can be vital.

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