The batsmen who some claim to be the 'best in the World' has looked all at sea, on several occasions.
Extremely fortunate to survive.
Aussies v. Black Caps - 3 Tests.
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Vital wickets for the Aussies in Perth.
After 2 overs of the Black Caps' innings, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood had a wickets each.
Kan Williamson and Ross Taylor survived some torrid early bowling to add 77 for the third wicket - until Steve Smith took a one-handed stunner, in the slips to dismiss Williamson for 34.
3/80. Taylor 42*. Starc 2/17.
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After 2 overs of the Black Caps' innings, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood had a wickets each.
Kan Williamson and Ross Taylor survived some torrid early bowling to add 77 for the third wicket - until Steve Smith took a one-handed stunner, in the slips to dismiss Williamson for 34.
3/80. Taylor 42*. Starc 2/17.
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Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
Batsmen from all cricket-playing nations are flat-track bullies. The evidence is overwhelming.
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Meanwhile, they should find ways to make pure night Tests, or at least two out of the three sessions night. It does feel like a bit of a lottery, when the night session is much harder than the day session, who happens to be batting.
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Meanwhile, they should find ways to make pure night Tests, or at least two out of the three sessions night. It does feel like a bit of a lottery, when the night session is much harder than the day session, who happens to be batting.
No, he didn't. He batted fine.Donny wrote:The batsmen who some claim to be the 'best in the World' has looked all at sea, on several occasions.
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He was lucky to survive a possible nick, but that's the dumbo Aussies' fault for not appealing. The dismissal was not a good shot though, I thought.
And thanks to McGrath reading what's shoved in front of him, we know that the ball deviates 40% more in the night session than during the day. (Well, that's just for this Test so far, of course.)
--- behind Kohli... 
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Yes. But, again, who cares ?
Would you (K, and others) prefer a batsman getting a stylish and technically perfect 30 or a gutsy but technically flawed 80 or 100+ ?
Three that come to mind, in the second category: One D. Bradman, Steve Smith & Shiv Chanderpaul. The diminutive Windies' batsman played 164 Tests and finished with a 51.37 batting average, with 30 centuries and 66 fifties.
From his Cricinfo Profile: "The possessor of the crabbiest technique in world cricket, Shivnarine Chanderpaul proved there is life beyond the coaching handbook. He never seemed to play in the V, or off the front foot, but used soft hands, canny deflections, and a whiplash pull-shot to maintain a Test average of over 50. While the cricket world was obsessed with Brian Lara's unquestionable talent, Chanderpaul showed that there were alternate ways to be consistent and prolific in Test cricket over a long period of time, becoming only the second West Indian to score 10,000 Test runs."
Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's a game. Enjoy it.