Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
GEORGE Bailey will know by this time next week whether it is a good or bad thing he has phoned last year's Gabba Test rookie, Rob Quiney, for advice.
Victorian Quiney was like the Halley's Comet of batsmen, flaring brightly on the way to making his Test debut before disappearing just as quickly as he emerged.
Quiney was dumped after his second Test in Adelaide last summer, when he made a dreaded pair, but Bailey was keen to have a chin-wag about his experiences.
"One of the reasons why I wanted to talk to Bobby was to see how his perspective was and see how he felt about his couple of Tests," Bailey said.
"(I wanted to know) how he dealt with the pressure and expectation and externally how he dealt with it himself.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
"He's a good man to talk to, such a terrific bloke and down to earth.
"The main message from him was to make sure you enjoy it, which is the main message that past players have drilled into me."
Quiney admitted to the Sunday Mail recently that if he had been an Australian selector he would have dropped himself after his ill-fated pair of Tests at the start of last summer.
Bailey, 31, has surged into the Australian Test squad on the back of stunning white-ball performances in India but has not been able to translate that form into red-ball cricket in the last fortnight.
Two Sheffield Shield matches for Tasmania have produced scores of 37, 16, 34 and 41, which is hardly an ideal lead-in to the biggest week of his life before the Gabba Test.
Despite some critics believing he has flaws in his game against the short ball, Bailey indicated he was looking forward to getting out onto Kevin Mitchell's bouncy Gabba pitch.
"It's going to be a pretty different wicket, the Gabba wicket, compared to the two we have played on where bowled and lbw's were the preferred mode of dismissal. It's going be good to get on something with more bounce," Bailey said.
"I'm still feeling really good. I'm a bit frustrated I haven't been able to go on with starts but in terms of how I'm feeling and hitting the ball, I couldn't be happier."
As he deals with the pressure of Test week, Bailey has also phoned Xavier Doherty and Matthew Wade to talk about how to handle his first Test.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Bailey and his call for help
Dengan url
http://ikhlasngeblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/bailey-and-his-call-for-help.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Bailey and his call for help
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar