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Originally Posted by iadom
good article here
on the subject.
This passage in particular.
'Ponting believes the game should be played by the men selected for the match. If one side uses home advantage to call up slick substitutes, that tilts the playing field in their favour. But home advantage has always been a factor in cricket, as in any sport. As former captain Steve Waugh said at the weekend, Australia have not been averse to using the odd supersub in their own back yard.' |
Good find !!
The key paragraph in that report has to be this one for me..
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Ambushed by a resurgent England, the Australians have focused their anxiety on a variety of peripheral issues. They have complained about England's aggressive throwing in the field - which they seemed to find as threatening as Harold Larwood's bodyline bowling - not to mention the team's lack of sympathy when Ponting was clonked on the head by Steve Harmison on the first morning of the series. And they reckon Poms whinge.
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So thats why he stayed there
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A few years ago, Matthew Hoggard, then the world's worst test batsman, found himself in a bizarre situation, padded up in Geoff Boycott's living room being taught how to play the forward defensive.
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Good Ol' Geoff
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