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Old February 8, 2010, 01:58 AM
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Ideally a good coach will have 3 players ready for each slot. A struggling A team #3 should be replaced by an inform #3 from Team B or Team C. #1 through #6 are for specialized batsmen.
You cant replace an opener with a #6.

Obviously it requires the coach to work twice as hard to make 3 sets of players. 11X3=33 players. As ridiculous as this might sound, in reality thats what you need. If you watch NFL, thats how these coaches build and run their team. Thats what works and thats how you need to build a team, a core team followed by 2 shadow or backup team. It is all possible when the head coach is professional, smart, proactive and dedicated and most importantly worried not to get fired. In cricket, first thing a head coach should do is to build a strong captain, since the captain is out in the field to exceute the coaches gameplan....

When you are too busy to do above, too busy with vacation, obviously you will end up with a core team only, with no backup player in the bench.......
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