Australia fast bowlers mismanaged
Young Australian fast bowlers are failing to maintain fitness and it points to too-much thinking being applied by Cricket Australia to a simple game, writes Mike Haysman in Super Sport
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Young Australian fast bowlers are failing to maintain fitness and it points to too-much thinking being applied by Cricket Australia to a simple game, writes Mike Haysman in Super Sport.
Down Under they have this absurd belief that once an Australian ranked bowler bowls more than 80 overs in a month, he is considered a substantial injury risk and his workload must be dramatically reduced if not temporarily ceased altogether. Peter Siddle, for example, was rocking up 140 overs in November but the question needs to be asked: "How demanding is that work load?" Their perplexing rotation policy is muddled.