Hitler's Quote:-
Steve Waugh was instrumental using this quote for developing his theory - The Mental Disintegration. Bowlers bowl bouncer, slower deliveries, reverse swing, googly etc. to intimidate the batsmen; but there is X-factor which separates the champions from the winners... Australia had and have that X-factor! How and when it started - Australia's Lillie, Thomson, Merve Hughes, were used to bowl quick & fiery spell and mutter few words towards batsmen, to unsettle them. These tactics were being used during the match only depending upon the circumstances. But it was Steve Waugh, who played it systematically, used it as a planning tool in the battlefield of cricket...and gave it the name:- Mental Disintegration. He says, "Entering into the mind of a player is an art..." Australians are master in this art. So how it works?
"Demoralize the enemy from within - by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. In the end, victory matters..."
Steve Waugh was instrumental using this quote for developing his theory - The Mental Disintegration. Bowlers bowl bouncer, slower deliveries, reverse swing, googly etc. to intimidate the batsmen; but there is X-factor which separates the champions from the winners... Australia had and have that X-factor! How and when it started - Australia's Lillie, Thomson, Merve Hughes, were used to bowl quick & fiery spell and mutter few words towards batsmen, to unsettle them. These tactics were being used during the match only depending upon the circumstances. But it was Steve Waugh, who played it systematically, used it as a planning tool in the battlefield of cricket...and gave it the name:- Mental Disintegration. He says, "Entering into the mind of a player is an art..." Australians are master in this art. So how it works?
Rule No.1:
Distract the opposite team from the core course and make them discuss and think about undue prospects.
When the opposition team arrives, they pass controversial comments and add fuel to it by different remarks. E.g. Sachin is more focused on his records, India's batting line up can not face fast bowling on bouncy Australian pitches. Indian spinners won't get much purchase from the wicket. This is the prelim stage.
Rule No.2:
The next weapon comes out when series actually begins. Two against Eleven on the field. In the initial overs, they prepare for the wickets by bowling bouncers, sharp in & out swingers, and if batsman survives and starts playing some confident shots, then they start twitting some personal remarks.
Rule No.3:
When it seems that the opposition is closing in trying to grip the situation, the main weapon comes out. They start using abusive language, hurling at the batsmen, and provoking them. All these things affect the mind, and batsman commits the mistake...
Australia could achieve this because it had a clever captain in the form of Steve Waugh, Legendary bowlers like G. Macgrath, Shane Warnie, Brett Lee, Gillespie, Kasprowich, who would keep bowling a nagging line and length, not giving any respite to the batsman.
Sometimes they got too much carried away with it. Arjuna Rantunga, Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Ganguly got the most of the bitter taste of the theory. But again in the end, "Kill, Destroy, Sack, Tell lie how much you want... after victory no one asks why?"
Ritesh R. Kadam
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