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Old 22-05-2009, 03:08 PM   #26 (permalink)
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If batsmen play him with controlled aggression, the pressure would back on the pace trio to take more wickets.
"Controlled aggression" is essentially a figment of imagination. It basically means "aggression that comes-off". If agressive strokes fail they're perceived as reckless; if they succeed they're perceived as controlled aggression.

It's the result that determines the term, not the other way around.
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