With the struggles of our batsmen it seems to me that it is time to make the Sheffield Shield 5 days for a number of reasons.
1. To teach our batsmen to bat time and value their wicket rather than rush towards an expected declaration.
2. It might incentivise the groundsman to leave a bit more green on the wicket day 1 to stop it breaking up too much helping our bats practice with a steaming ball
3. It will help our bats get better at batting on a day 5 wicket that is breaking up and turning.
I feel like this might help us better prepare our batsmen for test cricket and help state teams pick more likely test players rather than focusing so much on quick scoring.
Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
1. To teach our batsmen to bat time and value their wicket rather than rush towards an expected declaration.
2. It might incentivise the groundsman to leave a bit more green on the wicket day 1 to stop it breaking up too much helping our bats practice with a steaming ball
3. It will help our bats get better at batting on a day 5 wicket that is breaking up and turning.
I feel like this might help us better prepare our batsmen for test cricket and help state teams pick more likely test players rather than focusing so much on quick scoring.
Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk