clubcricketeradi wrote:backfootpunch wrote:clubcricketeradi wrote:England's Fielding and Catching Should Not Be Forgotten Because of Alex Hales
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2008275-englands-fielding-and-catching-should-not-be-forgotten-because-of-alex-hales
What followed was a dreadful display, as a total of four catches were dropped and a number of other fielding errors occurred in the subsequent overs.Tim Bresnan was one guilty party, as he dropped a catch each off the bowling of Dernbach and captain Stuart Broad.
Jayawardene was let off twice, once by Bresnan and also in the fifth over by Dernbach from the Yorkshireman’s bowling, as the players seemed to struggle with the wet ball.
As a finale to such a shambolic display in the field, Ravi Bopara then shelled a chance in the final over off the bowling of Bresnan, who holds a rare distinction of being involved in some way in four dropped catches.
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Now i see that Bresnan dropped two catches in spite of one as i initially mentioned.That makes at least 4 dropped catches in 2014 and one missed run out chance.As mentioned by the author of the article, Alex Hales innings has probably covered up all the dropped catches..
i doubt it has to be honest, the england camp will surely have not forgotten and neither will anybody who watched the game live because that first innings was embarrassing
in fact on sky sports news i just saw england doing a specific boundary catching session
I guess the fielding drills happen usually . The problem for Bresnan is that he is unable to take catches and effect run outs where it actually matters. In nets he maybe doing better as there is lack of pressure. Maybe he is unable to cope with the pressure on field or it's just not pressure but his agility,hand eye co-ordination or basic fielding skills are gone bad. The reason could be any but he has to sort it out soon. Otherwise as seen in recent years, batters also target bad fielders to score more runs. For example, I remember batsmen doing that by hitting the ball where Zaheer was fielding and used to take a extra run. Munaf and Ishant were other bad fielders who were targeted by batters .But they certainly did not drop as many catches as Bresnan has recently.So Bresnans problem is two fold as batsmen will try to exploit the weakness in his fielding by taking extra run as well as trying to risk hitting ball over boundary where he is fielding as the chances of them getting caught is less.They are being successful in doing that against him in recent times and it will not be a surprise to me if more batters try same tactics.Like batsmen analyze weakness in bowlers, they are more aware than us watching fans as to who is dropping more catches and is weakest fielder in opposition team.We saw it happen to Monty and now it's happening with Bresnan.It won't change overnight but with the help of fielding coach and more fielding drills specifically designed for his weakness in fielding, in couple of months we may see him field like he did before.
im one of bresnan's biggest critics but i think you are being unfair, his fielding is considerably better than panesar or munaf, he is normally a solid fielder and catcher, he is just having a bad time at the moment with the ball and that lack of confidence would appear to have crept into his catching
if he cant take a few wickets and not go for 10+ an over for a few games then with the confidence he will gain his fielding will be back to its former standard