score card
About Me
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Drop Johnson from Aussie team: Chappell advises selectors
3:32 AM | 
Posted by
saraiki
 BRISBANE: Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson has lost his confidence and must be dropped for this week's second Ashes Test in Adelaide, former captain Ian Chappell said on Tuesday.Johnson, 29, went wicketless for 170 runs for the first time in his 39 Tests, made a duck and dropped a catch in Monday's drawn Gabba opener prompting a call for his axing. The 2009 ICC Cricketer of the Year struggled throughout last year's Ashes series loss in England and the tourists had devised a plan to cut down on his effectiveness on home pitches, Chappell said. Chappell said the national selectors had no option but to drop Johnson, because he had shown no ability to counter the patient English batsmen and his bowling had deteriorated as the first Test progressed. |
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment