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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
TBF Punter did have four men on the fence for Hauritz to KP, so it was only really a partial show of faith.
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Fair.
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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
Kinda sorry I mentioned it at all now. I wasn't suggesting that Doogie shouldn't get any credit, but equally if Pietersen hadn't have gone through with what looked a clearly premeditated shot, he'd have been all right.
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Could say that about any batter who is worked out by a fielding team and falls into the trap set surely? I don't recall anyone bagging NZ's bowlers or fielders when they gave Martyn 3 points/gullies and he obliged by belting balls straight at them a few times, despite the obvious need for one hell of a pair of hands at the business end of Marto's money shot. No, was called for what it was; good tactics, both bowling and captaincy. Turned a strength into a weakness to a degree that people were bagging Martyn for daring to play a shot which probably results in most of his runs.
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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
Smart thinking, but not quite a bowler's wicket in the same way as (say) KP's most recent test dimissal where Ajmal bowled him through the gate.
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tbh, no-one's arguing otherwise. Just that the suggestion it was solely down to a KP brain snap doesn't tell the full story of what happened either.