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There is still hope for Australia as their title defence hangs by a thread

 Aaron Finch spent nearly all of Australia's training session (November 3) in one-on-one discussions with his senior players. He was not lying on his stomach or chatting with Matthew Wade, his vice-captain, in the corner in Adelaide. Mitchell Marsh was discussing attacking shot ideas with him, except when he was having a good time with Glenn Maxwell, his former housemate. Finch did not train himself. During a sunny afternoon in Adelaide, Finch didn't even get his hands off his pockets. It was symbolic of Finch’s availability for Australia’s first-ever T20 World Cup final league match. It's now out of their control in both cases. Australia must beat Afghanistan at their home ground, which will bring a lot of support to Rashid Khan. They must also beat them by an equivalent margin or more than 60 runs. They must also keep their fingers crossed that Sri Lanka will beat England at the SCG if that seems too daunting. The defending champions have had a difficult ride in a tournam...

CONCENTRATION DRILLS

 


CONCENTRATION DRILLS

 

 


   


Tracking

  • Batter with gloves on, stands 5m from partner underarms marked bean ball from behind the back to batter who catches with head  over bag.
  • Batter calls marking (X, number, 0 or colour) during flight then checks bag in gloves.

          Variations

  •  Vary marked balls (X,0, 2 dots,         1 dot).
  •  Use different types of balls   (plastic, composition, leather, tennis).

 


Seam Observation

  •  Batter in stance position with   gloves on stands 5m from partner.
  •  Partner underarms ball for batter   to catch with seam in. "straight on", "cross", "ins winger" or "out swinger" positions.
  • Batter calls seam position  during  flight then calls position at   rest in  gloves.

Variations

  •  Alter spin of ball, batter calls       "Leg spin", "off spin", "topspin".
  •  Net bowling with painted  seams, red and white balls or normal balls. Coach monitors and questions from behind.


                                                             

    

 

Chin-downs

  •  Partner underarms bait to batter 5m away.
  • Batter maintains body position on contact with the bat
  • Partner/coach monitors chin and head positions.

Variations

  • Full-volley short/varied throws.
  • Progress through overarm throws to bowling  Situation


Hand, Arm Motion

  • Coach/proficient partner releases ball with different Spinning motions
  •  Batter describes hand motion and links it in with ball  movement
  • Vary with inswing/outswing. off cutter/leg cutter arm/hand motions. Batter calls delivery type.


Ball Bounce

· Ball thrown to batter who plays appropriate shot.

· Batter then estimates where ball bounced on pitch by moving marker to spot. compared with partner's observations.

· Progress to bowled ball. Marker position







                                                      




 

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