Australia Star In 'Best Form Of His Life' Before BGT, Says This Small Trick Did Wonders

A subtle adjustment to his batting stance has proven to be the catalyst that has propelled Australia wicketkeeper batter Alex Carey into the form of his life as he heads into the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. The 33-year-old wicketkeeper-batter is the leading run-getter in the first four rounds of Sheffield Shield matches this season, scoring 452 runs at an astonishing average of 90.4. "It's only slight, but at the moment, it feels like I'm in a good position and reacting pretty well to the ball," Carey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au after Australia's first team training session here.

Carey said that he got the opportunity to "muck round" during the six-month break over the winter.

"You play and play and play, you don't really get a chance to work on too many things.

"Not having games coming up for a while, I've just mucked around a little bit with my hands and found something that felt good and sort of ran with that." He added that the new stance, where he holds his bat up a little higher, affords him additional reaction time.

"I just got my hands up a little bit higher, the bat up to the sky and from there just try to react. It did feel good pretty much straight away, so didn't have to search too much." Carey not only enters the marquee five-match Test series against India as their most in-form player but also in "the best form he's been in," according to teammate Travis Head.

"For him, it's trying not to overplay it and not worry about too much. I know he's not. I think he's in a great space, has been for a while and now it's starting to click for him," Head said.

"And once you sort of capture that form, you want to try to continue it on again." Head reckons the wicketkeeper will play an influential