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Originally Posted by Eshen
Siddons basically called our batters dumb. Obviously they don't have the ability to hit sixes effortlessly like Rossouw, so they need to learn to play according to their limitations.
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Putting aside the lack of brains, surely at some point this excuse can't be constantly parroted by the team and staff, with the way cricket is going and the future of it, its evident T20s is here to stay and this team either needs to adapt to it or just stop playing all together.
Sure our players will never be the power hitters teams like WI, SA, Afg etc have, but hitting boundaries doesn't require just power alone, you can achieve it via a bit of brains, technique and timing which our players lack. A bit of strength training is probably required too, as players from SL/Ind/Pak with similar physique to ours are still able to hit boundaries .
No idea what the coaching staff is doing or who BCB is hiring to look into this. Our batting looks the same as last WC even after hiring Sriram and whatever he has done would have probably been the same under Domingo anyways. Every single other team in this WC, including the associates, are ahead of us in this format and that can't be blamed on 'lack of power hitters'. Heck, even Ned hit more boundaries than us in their loss, and they would have won if not for their inexperience.