I think Corey Colleymore had a similar throw to Munaf Patel. Thing is, I can't see where else he should field, if not at the boundary. I shudder to think he'll field in the slip quardon or the covers. If he's at mid off or mid on, the batsmen will target him and pinch easy singles. Same if he's at mid wicket. Must be a hard job being Dravid right now.
Collymore sure did have a similar throw, though he is now a fairly decent over-arm thrower so there is still hope for Munaf. To be honest it is baffling that someone can play cricket professionally and not be able to do an overarm throw, ignoring injuries of course.
I hope we see sense and drop Tremlett.
That looks like the right line-up.
Hopefully thats what the selectors choose.
So what should they do? Drop Munaf Patel, Sourav Ganguly, Ramesh Powar and the lot? I think our results would be far worse. We may give away 15-20 runs in a match with our fielding, but I think Sourav Ganguly can be expected to add those 15-20 runs back and Munaf and Powar can be expected to dismiss batsmen that would score those 15-20 runs. The point of having a fielding coach is to make minor improvements to those players who have been selected on basis of their specialist skill and whose fielding needs help. Which means if it so happens that a Don Bradman comes through the ranks but has absolutely pathetic fielding (to put forth an edge-case scenario) the fielding coach is there to help him out.Well, that still doesn't convince me that a fielding coach will do the trick. The process of a good fielding side should start at the domestic level and not at the international level.
I can understand that India are desperate to improve their fielding, but I don't see any coach in the world making a dramatic improvement in a single series or even in a period of 6 months. It takes time and hard work.
A fielding coach might help only during off-season when the players can go back and actually practise skills.
The question is do India really have an off-season? And how can they hope to practise fielding in international matches? I don't see net sessions helping much here.