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| Gireesh... |
 Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:12 pm |
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Maybe the Indian team has given up on improving their fielding but
during the Aussie batting there were quite a few easy runs given away in
the field.
A few examples that spring to mind,
Praveen Kumar diving over the ball at short third man to a Paine reverse
sweep and giving away 3 extra runs.
Raina having at a shy at the stumps when Ponting at the non-striker's
end was not even attempting a run and there was nobody to back up the throw.
Amit Mishra (on as a sub) overrunning the ball and giving away an extra
run (and twisting his ankle in the process).
All those (and more) runs saved would surely have kept Australia to
around 270. I am amazed Dhoni keeps talking about the batting and
bowling but not the fielding.
The batting is not going to bail out the other two disciplines every
time. I see India slipping to either four or five in ODI rankings before
not too long.
Regards
Gireesh |
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| Robin... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:40 pm |
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Gireesh wrote:
Quote: Maybe the Indian team has given up on improving their fielding but
during the Aussie batting there were quite a few easy runs given away in
the field.
Gireesh,
Thanks for bringing this up. I have been hoping someone pointed this
out. As you know, I was the ex Fielding coach of the team before my non
existent contract got illegally terminated.
Quote: A few examples that spring to mind,
I am afraid you weren't watching closely. I have a lot more.
Quote: Praveen Kumar diving over the ball at short third man to a Paine reverse
sweep and giving away 3 extra runs.
This was part of my regular exercise routine. I used to call it
underducking the ball where you would dive in such a way that your
entire body would be right over the ball and the ball and your body as a
result would come to a screeching halt. PK was never a regular part of
the team I would be coaching. So though he tried, he failed. If I were
there in this tournament, forget 3 runs, the Aus team wouldn't have got
1 run.
Quote: Raina having at a shy at the stumps when Ponting at the non-striker's
end was not even attempting a run and there was nobody to back up the
throw.
See dude, I can't give all my techniques away, but Dony can give you
specific details if he wants to. I had a technique for this too. All my
fielding practice sessions had a 100% hit ratio on hitting the stumps.
Gary actually once told me that he wished I continued to be on the team
and be the wicketkeeper of the side. That way we would have had a 50%
direct hit ratio (other 50% being at the bowlers end). Seeing me ensured
the team folks hit the stumps all the time. But since we were stepping
on Dony's job, we let it pass.
Quote: Amit Mishra (on as a sub) overrunning the ball and giving away an extra
run (and twisting his ankle in the process).
See, this technique I can share as its there in most fielding manuals.
When you over run the ball, you bend backwards to stop it. In this case,
Mishra did a mess of bending backwards. Again, like PK, he was never a
regular of the team I coached. My team had mastered the art of bending
backwards and throwing in 1 go. You can do a google for overrunning +
backward bending to see what I am referring to.
Quote: All those (and more) runs saved would surely have kept Australia to
around 270. I am amazed Dhoni keeps talking about the batting and
bowling but not the fielding.
Yes. We had agreed when I was the fielding coach that he would talk of
batting (VP was to talk of bowling) and I would talk of fielding. It
will take him a bit of conditioning to come to terms to talking about
fielding too. Give him that space, will you?
Quote: The batting is not going to bail out the other two disciplines every
time. I see India slipping to either four or five in ODI rankings before
not too long.
Regards
Gireesh
Warm regards,
Robin |
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