
Shane Bond, new fast-bowling consultant of Joe Root-led England Cricket Team, on Thursday, advised England to how to ball in Australia - must merely tweak their method and not overhaul it, if they want to succeed in Ashes down under, starting from 23 November in Brisbane.
In their final tour match against a Cricket Australia XI in Townsville, England have played with three seamers and took nine wickets on the first day with the help of Chris Woakes (6 for 54), Stuart Broad (economy of 2.06) and Craig Overton (1.78) and Shane Bond believes his that plan will work in Brisbane, although, the Townsville pitch is much more sluggish than the quick deck at the Gabba.
Bond, the former New Zealand bowler is with England until the end of the second Test in Adelaide next month, and then he rejoins Brisbane Heat as bowling coach looking to make a great impact and eager to win the Ashes more than any Englishman in Australia. From third Ashes Test, Chris Silverwood will join England as fast-bowling coach in Australia.
Although, Shane Bond, who has experience of the Kookaburra ball and understanding of Australian conditions, says England can follow that plan in the Ashes opener Test in Brisbane, but quotation is that the seamer attack will work against the highflying top-order of Australian line-up to put them under pressure as the English seamers’ economy rate is not quite impressive in Townsville.
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According to a report in The Guardian, Shane Bond said, “Everyone wants to beat Australia. You want to be on the side versus Australia, no matter where you’re from. I want to beat these guys.”
On being asked if he will be doing anything technical with English pacers, Bond replied, “Sheez no. I’ve got a pretty good understanding of the way the game is played over here and it’s about instilling little bits of that in the guys. England play the game differently to what we do in this part of the world. It’s about getting them to understand that. They need to understand what attacking looks like and align our strengths to different fields and match them up against their batsmen.”
As the Kookaburra ball doesn't move as much so England’s attack will have without the extravagant seam and swing to create pressure as well as generating whatever movement they can squeeze out of the ball. The coach further added, “The ball doesn’t move as much. The pitches are harder. You have to set your fields differently. Listening to the boys about England, they know there’s always something in the wicket. Here, you won’t get that sideways movement or massive amounts of swing. If it swings it won’t be there all the time. You have to find different ways to skin a cat. Our bowlers are quality and they get bounce, which is massive. If we can get it to go off the straight just a little bit, we are accurate enough that we can cause trouble.”
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Bond concluded, “You know what you will get out of Australia. [Mitchell] Starc will try to swing it back in and bowl over and across you, then go round the wicket and try to knock your off pole out. [Josh] Hazlewood will be accurate, then [Pat] Cummins will mix his length and bowl short. We are different. We have to control their run rate and chip away at their batting lineup, and take it to day five.”
