09-05-2019, 12:58 AM
The reality is Warner has never been good against good seam or swing bowling. He's quite good at dealing with pace and bounce, but sideways gets him time after time.
People talk about some previous tour in which he scored, but they neglect to highlight that the various cricket boards change the specification of pitches and balls each series to suit their own attacks or batting line ups. It's not clear at all if in those earlier series Warner had to deal with much sideways movement.
I think he has missed a trick, he's trying too hard to bat for the long innings, a bit like Joe Root. I think Warner should go out there and bat like it's an ODI and if he gets set he's then got the opportunity to continue. That way he is at least likely to get a few decent 30 to 50 run starts!
People talk about some previous tour in which he scored, but they neglect to highlight that the various cricket boards change the specification of pitches and balls each series to suit their own attacks or batting line ups. It's not clear at all if in those earlier series Warner had to deal with much sideways movement.
I think he has missed a trick, he's trying too hard to bat for the long innings, a bit like Joe Root. I think Warner should go out there and bat like it's an ODI and if he gets set he's then got the opportunity to continue. That way he is at least likely to get a few decent 30 to 50 run starts!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"