Australia coach Greg Blewett calls for World Cup focus in the field
Monday 16 March 2015 11:24, UK
Greg Blewett believes fielding, rather than batting, will hold the key to the destination of the Cricket World Cup.
And the Australia fielding coach has gone as far as having his squad studying video footage of the best fielders his country has produced.
Blewett, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs for the joint hosts, is hoping he can inspire the current crop to victory over Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval this Friday.
Speaking ahead of the quarter-final, he said: "Over the last month or so we've shown a fair bit of footage of some really good Australian fielders who have gone before these guys.
"It's about them hopefully starting to replicate a bit of what guys like Andrew Symonds, Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden have achieved.
"Trying to get them to force a bit of their own legacy. The other thing is trying to create a bit of competition amongst the guys at training.
"The three best fielding sides are South Africa, New Zealand and us. We're all pretty close. Everyone knows how important fielding is, particularly when it comes to the bigger games."
Watch Australia take on Pakistan this Friday on Sky Sports 2 HD, starting 3am.
