Birmingham, August 03: Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell claims that Mike Hussey has shown his mind is ”in a bit of mess” which was evident with the way he was bowled shouldering arms in consecutive Tests against England.
Although Hussey has looked in reasonable touch at the crease in England, Chappell questioned the left-hander’s head space after he left a Graham Onions ball that came back in slightly and clipped his off-stump for a golden duck at Edgbaston.
It was repeat of of the Lord’s Test when Hussey left a ball from Andrew Flintoff that hit the top of his off peg when he appeared well set on 51.
”Your mind is in a bit of a mess when you’re letting balls go that pitch on middle and hit off.
”You’re in a mental state when you’re doing that. If you are thinking about letting balls go, that’s the wrong approach,” Chappell was quoted as saying by ‘AAP’.
”The thought process for a batsman is, ‘I’m looking to hit a four, if I can’t hit four I’ll push it for a single, if I can’t get a single I’ll just stop it and then if it’s wide of the stumps I’ll let it go’,” he added.
Hussey has been under fire for his poor run of form of late. He has scored 403 Test runs at 22.38 since the start of the Australian summer but his place is still considered to be safe in the Australian team for the rest of the Ashes series.
—-Agencies