His bowlers rolled them for Rather than a primate on Waugh's back, it was more akin to a sea monkey. Australia's follow-on rate didn't drop after Kolkata. It rose to one hundred per cent, with a winning rate of one hundred per cent. It only dropped after with a change in captaincy. Ricky Ponting, a far more defensive and conservative leader, was the one who killed off the tactic, enforcing it four times from thirteen chances.
Michael Clarke, perhaps taking Ponting's approach as orthodoxy, is currently none from four. The follow-on used to be more ruthlessly applied: in Don Bradman had his bowlers send down of the era's eight-ball overs against India, then butter up again as soon as that innings closed. But in Bradman's day plenty of other things were different. Test matches had rest days. Fielding and running between wickets were less physically intense.
There were often weeks between Tests, meaning players could run themselves into the ground and still resurface for next time. The current era is one of sports scientists, bowling workloads and constant medical observation. Stories of stress fractures, hot spots, scans and soft-tissue tears.
Management of valuable sporting assets. We have three-day turnarounds between games, in high-stakes series that rely on first-choice attacks. Frankly it would be remarkable and risky if a captain with time up one sleeve did enforce the follow-on, unless the other side's first innings was finished in a handful of overs.
The VVS Effect does not stack up. If Waugh shrugged off that game so soon, why would his successors 15 years later be concerned? Clarke's decision on day three was about choosing the best method to win a game and take a series lead. Any other connection is a convenient fantasy. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. It is a great theory. It makes sense. It is just not remotely true.
But that is also one part of the shifting trends in how the game is played. Changes in game explain different approach But in Bradman's day plenty of other things were different. We are still very passionate about Ashes cricket, we know our responsibilities as players, wanting to look after the integrity of Test cricket and the implications of this tour, so of course any decision that is made will not be made lightly.
Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account. By Chris Stocks. August 2, pm Updated pm. Pietersen had recently taken to Twitter and criticised the Australian quarantine rules, saying players have had enough of staying in bio-secure bubbles and called for lifting of the "ridiculous quarantine rules" in Australia before the Ashes.
The five-match Test series is scheduled to begin from December 8 and continue till January But the fate of the tour remains unclear with several senior English players are considering the possibility of boycotting it, depending on what type of restrictions they have to live in.
Australia plans to ease border and quarantine restrictions by the end of this year, after at least 80 per cent of its adult population receive two COVID vaccination shots. Officials in the COVID-free states of Western Australia and Queensland have however said they may keep their borders shut for longer period, depending on the situation.
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