Ian Healy struck back after former Australian captain Ian Chappell stabbed over the hitting tactics used by Glenn Maxwell and David Warner.
Chappell targeted the pair for the art of switch hitting, in which a batsman deceives the bowler by looking up in the normal stance before shifting his feet and possibly his grip to catch the opponent off guard.
He suggested India challenge the practice with the referee on the field.
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“How can one side of the game, ie. The bowlers must tell the referee how they are going to bowl. And yet the batsman is right-handed – I am the field captain, I place the field for the right-hander – and before the ball has been delivered, the batsman becomes a left-hander, ”said Chappell to nine .com.au.
But while he called it “obviously unfair,” Healy has a different attitude.
“I think switching hands is a bit interesting. You turn into a different batsman,” Healy said 1170 SEN breakfast.
“But change your posture, do it.”
Instead, the former Australian wicket keeper believes that the bowlers must have some responsibility to better predict this.
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“I think bowlers have to be a little bit better, they have to be more conscious,” he added.
“Last minute changes for the bowlers aren’t that great right now, but they’re getting better.
“But it’s difficult, it’s very difficult.
“Let the batters do it, not many do it well, but those who do are incredible entertainers.”
He went on to make another suggestion on how bowlers could better handle Switch hits.
“The bowlers have to get better, I think we can have a little more leniency on the leg side,” Healy said.
“If they switch sides they’re going to score, the bowlers may need some indulgence if they are to keep doing it.”
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Chappell had a very different solution to the problem.
“It’s very simple. All you have to say is for the batsman to change the order of his hands or feet [as the bowler runs in], then it’s an illegal shot, ”he said.
“[But] when the batsman is right-handed and wants to play Switch-Hit [in advance of the bowler running in]Any bowler worth their salt will say, “Go for your life buddy, I’ll take my risk.” But if he totally becomes a batsman with the opposite hand than what he poses as, then it’s not fair.
“If he’s good enough to do it with excellent footwork or any other way he can think of, I have no problem with that. But when it’s obviously unfair, the hell it annoys me. “
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