Dean Jones feels bilateral ODI series holds no meaning

Former Australian Cricketer, Dean Jones, who is currently spicing up the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), in a detailed interview claimed that the bilateral ODI series is meaningless and needs to be looked at to increase its significance. He also tagged former Indian captain MS Dhoni as the best runner between the wickets presently in competitive cricket.

With the longstanding payment dispute in Australia finally sorting out, Jones was looking forward to the upcoming India-Australia series in September but stated that the series holds no meaning. It would be the rivalries between the players of the two teams which would create the excitement in the upcoming series.

“I’m glad the India-Australia series is going to happen because at one stage it never looked possible with Cricket Australia and players embroiled in pay dispute. However, I feel it’s yet another meaningless ODI series. I just hope their rivalry and some interesting characters involved will spice it up,” claimed Dean Jones according to an interview with Deccan Chronicles.

Jones lauding the techniques of Kohli and Rahane

“What I admire about the likes of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane is the element of classic technique associated with their side-on batting. Some of our guys are front-on and their back-lift is bad. They are getting away with all these as they play on flat tracks in Australia these days,” further added the renowned commentator highlighting the technical flaws in Australian batsman.

Dean Jones further stated that the running between the wickets needs improvement in modern cricket.”The art of running between the wickets hasn’t improved a bit. I look with keen interest whenever they show replays to check no-ball. Generally, batsmen at the non-striker end look down the pitch, but ideally they should be looking at the bowler side-ways. They also don’t know how to run in straight lines,” advised Professor Deano.

Jones fan of MSD’s running between the wicket

However, he singled out MSD as one of the best runners in cricket presently.”M.S. Dhoni is the only exception. He not only runs fast, but is also smart in judgment. In the 80s, we felt running between the wickets was very important because the team that scores more singles and twos wins the game,” concluded Jones.