ICC World Test Championship.
Kohli, Rahane and Williamson are the three batsmen who made scores in the 40s. So the cream has risen to the top. (If you can include Conway in the cream. And if the 54 and 40s are the top.)K wrote:...
Conway remains the only batsman so far to have scored a half-century in this Test.
But if Southee's hitting comes off he could join them...
NZ's last 3 wickets added 57 valuable runs.
India's last 3 wickets added 12 runs.
What can Boult, Southee, Wagner, Jamieson do in India's 2nd innings??
India's last 3 wickets added 12 runs.
What can Boult, Southee, Wagner, Jamieson do in India's 2nd innings??
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Great to see Williamson bring his Test average in England all the way up to 28.18 with that towering 49.
The "best batsman in the World" now has an English Test average that is nearly half of Steve Bradsmith's (59.55) and - in a startling development - a Test average against India that is - wait for it - in the high 30s (37). Bradsmith, of course, only averages 72.58 against India.
What we need to restore the balance is another NZ tour or 2 of Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. Williamson has been at his best in away series in difficult conditions against those magnificent attacks.
The "best batsman in the World" now has an English Test average that is nearly half of Steve Bradsmith's (59.55) and - in a startling development - a Test average against India that is - wait for it - in the high 30s (37). Bradsmith, of course, only averages 72.58 against India.
What we need to restore the balance is another NZ tour or 2 of Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. Williamson has been at his best in away series in difficult conditions against those magnificent attacks.
Smith is a flat-track bully. He has a defective technique.Pies4shaw wrote:<Blah, blah, blah>
If Smith had to play in this Test's conditions all the time, he'd average under 30, and possibly under 20.
He goes through entire Tests without having to face a single moving (swinging or seaming) ball. Possibly entire Test series too. Did you actually see him face a single moving ball in the entire home series against India? If you did, please tell us which one(s).
I'm almost certain he didn't face a single moving ball in Sydney. Probaby not at the Gabba or MCG either.
If you want to compare the conditions, just look at Pant's performances. How many runs did he smoke in Oz? 200? 250?? In the first innings here, he had one solitary scoring shot in his 22-ball innings. That's the difference.
Smith is a flat-track bully. He has a defective technique. He's lucky he gets to play on dead pitches with Kookaburra balls that do nothing.