Inverarity wants Hughes, Khawaja to emulate Ponting?s dynamism on the field ? Cricket News Update
John Inverarity, Australia?s chief selector, has advised the out of favour duo of Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes to match the intensity and drive of veteran Ricky Ponting in order to get back in the national team reckoning.
The start of the Australian domestic season has again offered the selectors a chance to assess the duo following their impressive stints in the English County circuit. Khawaja joined Derbyshire, while his former New South Wales partner donned Worcestershire?s colours, and played a pivotal part for their respective counties.
They further changed ships in a bid to kick-start their national careers, which halted after they were dropped late last year. Hughes opted to move to South Australia, while Khawaja sought guidance from former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann at Queensland.
They have done well under their new surroundings, but Inverarity said that it was not just amount of runs that the management was searching for. Both remain slow movers on the cricket pitch, and tend to ignore the fielding aspect of the game.
For that, Inverarity believes that both men need to take a leaf out of Ricky Ponting?s book, who has not only offered runs but remains an active participant in the field.
The most prolific run-getter of the Aussie team, Ponting is currently preparing for the upcoming Test series against South Africa, and has looked in reasonable form with the bat. Moreover, his energy and drive on the field of cricket has always been keenly appreciated and Inverarity wants the duo to inject a similar enthusiasm to their game.
"Rod Marsh and I were watching in Adelaide and Rod said 'just look at him', of course he was pointing to Ricky Ponting," Inverarity said. "He was running around and throwing left hand and right hand. Khawaja and Hughes need to learn that."
Pat Howard, the team?s performance manager, also highlighted an analysis of how youngsters react when they get dropped. "We've gone and done a study of the last 50 or so years, and the reality is pretty much everybody's got dropped. And it's part of their journey," he said. "There's been a couple of blokes who've been in, seen what it's like, stretched a little bit, come back. Nobody's written off."
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