UNB, Dhaka :
Australian batting line will go for defensive strategy against the Tigers during their two-match Test series which will begin with the 1st match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday (Aug 27).
Visiting team’s aggressive batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said, “I think the main thing is to use your bat. If you don’t have the safety of your front pad, it makes you get your leg out of the way and actually use your bat.”
Maxwell was talking to press after their practice session in Miprur on Wednesday.
“I think it is more about refining your defence and making sure you trust the fact that you can hit the ball and not hoping that your pads are there just to save you,” Maxwell explained.
Against Bangladesh, Maxwell will look to follow the plans that helped him score his maiden Test century, against India in Ranchi, earlier this year.
“I don’t think I will change too much from what I did in India…I will employ probably something similar, basically backing my defense and trying to revolve my game around that,” Maxwell continued.
To counter the Tigers attacks by bowling a stump-to-stump line, Australians started their batting practice in the nets without their front pad on, a tactic they had experimented with during Justin Langer’s tenure as batting coach in 2012.
The 2nd Test (September 4-8) of the series will be held at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Australian batting line will go for defensive strategy against the Tigers during their two-match Test series which will begin with the 1st match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday (Aug 27).
Visiting team’s aggressive batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said, “I think the main thing is to use your bat. If you don’t have the safety of your front pad, it makes you get your leg out of the way and actually use your bat.”
Maxwell was talking to press after their practice session in Miprur on Wednesday.
“I think it is more about refining your defence and making sure you trust the fact that you can hit the ball and not hoping that your pads are there just to save you,” Maxwell explained.
Against Bangladesh, Maxwell will look to follow the plans that helped him score his maiden Test century, against India in Ranchi, earlier this year.
“I don’t think I will change too much from what I did in India…I will employ probably something similar, basically backing my defense and trying to revolve my game around that,” Maxwell continued.
To counter the Tigers attacks by bowling a stump-to-stump line, Australians started their batting practice in the nets without their front pad on, a tactic they had experimented with during Justin Langer’s tenure as batting coach in 2012.
The 2nd Test (September 4-8) of the series will be held at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
