‘Let the ball fall under your eyes’: Matthew Hayden Critics Batters Technology 28 wickets fall in two days of the WTC final. Cricket news

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden analyzed the batting collapse during the World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia, pointing to technical shortcomings, saying the batsmen fought against the seam movement, which led to a decline in the first two days game of 28 wickets.The Australian batting lineup faced a serious collapse in 2 days, losing five wickets in only 42 balls, which included prominent players Maarnas Labschen, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Bu Webster and Captain Pat Cummins, leaving on 73/7.Historical data indicated that the pitch situation was not unusually challenging compared to the previous matches at the venue at the venue.Hayden highlighted how testing cricket demands vary from white ball formats, especially about scoring rates and batting techniques.

“Test match cricket demands that you become comfortable with not scoring quickly-something that teaches small format is the opposite. The T20 batting encourages to move away from the ball to make space and power, but in tests, it becomes a weakness.He said, “We were taught to ‘smell the leather’-to come under your eyes. In the long format, it means moving towards the ball, not far from it. At the moment, there are clear technical shortcomings because these players read to test cricket,” he said.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?The dismissal of Labuschagne, Cameron Green, and Webster demonstrated this technical issue, as they failed to reduce their position and the distance between the ball, resulting in either thick edges or LBW dismissal.Former India coach Sanjay Bangar provided an additional insight into the batting techniques of modern players, especially focused on his position at the crease.“This may be a trend between Australian and South African batsmen. Many of them, such as Maarnas Labschen, are constantly exiting that fifth or sixth stump line. Standing on the stump makes you feel defensively, and your front leg does not go towards the ball,” Bangar explained.“You are worried about LBW, and it hesitates affects technology. In England, successful batsmen-like Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly, and who lived in the leg side of the root-offtain ball. On the wickets with bouncy, you can be away with it, but under these circumstances, you are sitting in front of the stumps,”