Ian Heli has once again launched a fierce attack on the Australia National Cricket Team, especially batting coach Michael de Venuto. Former Australian wicketkeeper convicted Michael de Venuto for the worrying dip of the national team in batting standards in Test cricket.
The famous broadcaster came out of a fierce outbreak after Australia’s 159 -run win over West Indies in the first Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados. Australia’s bowling unit led by captain Pat Cummins raised heavy to raise heavily, as the top order put them at risk of loss.
Ian Heli blamed the coach for a decline according to Australia’s batting
Steve Smith was sidelined due to injury, the responsibility fell on the small shoulders, and they failed to give against the West Indies. Sam Contas, the WTC final against South Africa, was brought out in 2025 after the poor show of Maarnas Labschen, failing badly, scoring just 3 and 5 in his two innings.
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After the first testing, Ian Heli launched a scary attack in Di Venuto, stating that his tenure is the main reason for the lack of progress among the batsmen in the traditional format of the game. He expressed disappointment that Australia’s top order was uprooted under pressure, especially in challenging circumstances which were also exposed during the WTC’s last 2025 loss.
Even in Barbados, the Australian team could score only 180 runs in the first innings. This was a serious partnership between Travis Head and Bu Webster that helped them to increase the lead and eventually set a target beyond 300. But Josh England and Cameron Green’s struggle against West Indies Seamers caused concern in the red-ball game.
Our batting has come back under my friend: Ian Heli slams Michael de Venuto
Ian Heli was told by Sen, “I like to put it back to the players usually than the coaches. But, as I said, as I said, Australian cricket batting head coach – and every state batting coach should be under pressure because there are not enough runs around the nation.”
Former wicketkeeper-better further Ian Heli said, “Michael de Venuto-My friend who is a good coach and a good man-has been working since mid-2010.
Increasing concerns over the Australian team’s top-order conflicts, Heli said the players need to focus on purely performance. She criticized the inability to handle the pressure, saying that poor shot selection and unstable techniques have recently bothering the team.
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Heli believes that batsmen should remain calm, create solid techniques, and play with better balance to make smart decisions for a long time. He also expressed disappointment that the lower order is constantly abandoned to save the innings, warning that it is very difficult to recover each time.
He signed this saying, “It is all important to me. I don’t care how you do it or whether it will make it easy for you – just get it. They need to make sound technology and bat with balance so that you can actually make a sound decision after the ball for a long time.
At the moment, we are failing many of these points, and the lower order is to deal with it – either the score is fixing or losing. This is very difficult at this time; We got to clean those brains of our top order. ,
