"I take a lot of responsibility, I misread wicket," says Nielsen.Byline: ANI London, Aug 27(ANI): Australian coach Tim Nielsen Timothy John Nielsen (born May 5 1968 in London, England) is a former South Australian state cricketer and is currently the head coach of the Australian cricket team. Neilsen played 101 first-class matches for his state between 1990-91 and 1998-99. has accepted the blame for Australia's Ashes defeat. Nielsen believes the three biggest factors that contributed in Australia's loss were their failure to take the last wicket in the first Testy tes·ty adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help. at Cardiff, the batting collapse in the second Test at Lord's, and misreading MISREADING, contracts. When a deed is read falsely to an illiterate or blind man, who is a party to it, such false reading amounts to a fraud, because the contract never had the assent of both parties. 5 Co. 19; 6 East, R. 309; Dane's Ab. c. 86, a, 3, Sec. 7; 2 John. R. 404; 12 John. R. the pitch in fifth and final Test at The Oval. "I take a lot of the responsibility, I feel as though maybe there are things I could've done," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Nielsen, as saying. "Were they well enough prepared mentally before the game? Did we have a plan in place, a mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. in place that allowed them to adapt and cope with continual loss of wickets? In the end that's what my role is, I'm not running away from that," he added. Nielsen further accepted that he had misread mis·read tr.v. mis·read , mis·read·ing, mis·reads 1. To read inaccurately. 2. To misinterpret or misunderstand: misread our friendly concern as prying. the pitch at The Oval and he was shocked to see the low and slow nature. "The biggest thing - and maybe that is one thing I would change - I believe I misread the wicket. I didn't think it would spin as much as it did from the first day. I thought it was going to be dry," Nielsen said. He further said that there was something missing and the team didn't play the best that it could have given to a series of such historical background. "We didn't play our best. There's got to be something missing. That's what the last couple of days have been for me, searching for that answer or trying to find in my own mind what I could have done better or where we could have done things differently to ensure a different result," Nielsen said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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