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The era of defensive captaincy

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Richard said:
And if South Africa could catch like they have been for the last year on top of that, South Africa would certainly have beaten them.
Utter codswallop.

They need to sort the batting and bowling out as well to come close.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Rubbish, there was little wrong with the bowling. The catching made it look far worse than it was.
And I say it again - there'd probably have been perceived to be little wrong with the batting if Australia dropped as many catches as they dropped 2002\03-2005.
Dropped catches (and unexpected lack of dropped catches, too) can mask one hell of a lot about bowling and batting.
 

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