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Well said.I'd say turning down the opportunity to score runs yourself so that your partner can get to 100 is the opposite of selfishness.
Well said.I'd say turning down the opportunity to score runs yourself so that your partner can get to 100 is the opposite of selfishness.
Mostly due to the match situation? Nope. That is why he's being perceived as selfish. He scored his 100 off something like 260 balls when the team are trying to force a victory. In the context of the match situation it was a horrific innings. It's like scoring a 50 at a run a ball when you're chasing 200 in a T20 match. If someone did that they'd get ripped to pieces because of it, the fact it's a Test match doesn't make it any better. He basically blocked out an end when he was batting with the tail in the last Test. The last 3 wickets went for around 35 runs and the *tailenders* contributed 27 of them. Mathews scored 8 off 28 balls (it's worse if you look at just the last two wickets). Mathews scored at about a run every two balls with the last two wickets in the first match, again not exactly putting his foot down. He did well for his average, but not particularly well for the team.Dont think he's selfish, Ed put it quite well. I think he's batting a bit slow at times but its mostly due to the match situation imo. We are often in situations where saving the test is probably the best way to go. He can definitely bat more aggressively as we've seen in other games, its just that the situation is forcing him to play in a different sort of way at the moment.
selfishness in the sense he tends to give lot more importance to personal milestones then the team goal which is to win the game.I'd say turning down the opportunity to score runs yourself so that your partner can get to 100 is the opposite of selfishness.
Haha, no. There will be none of this. Post reported for review, and in the meantime if you continue to post like this I'll give you an instant infraction.Mono, it wasn't selfish. It was misunderstood maybe coz it was a different sight for people outside the subcontinent.
I don't think it can really be argued that his batting on the 4th morning of the Colombo Test hurted SL more than helped them.Dont think he's selfish, Ed put it quite well. I think he's batting a bit slow at times but its mostly due to the match situation imo. We are often in situations where saving the test is probably the best way to go. He can definitely bat more aggressively as we've seen in other games, its just that the situation is forcing him to play in a different sort of way at the moment.
not really. I know this is going to come off as negative, but given how fragile sri lankan batting has become over the last few months being defensive with the tail exposed is definitely a valid tactic. Besides we were never going to win that test on that trackI don't think it can really be argued that his batting on the 4th morning of the Colombo Test hurted SL more than helped them.
Definitely makes for some poor viewing but I think drawing the test was the best option we had so have no issues with him occupying the crease when batting with the tail.SL would have been better off getting knocked over in five overs than wasting basically the whole session like so.
I was making a simple analogy of how different things are perceived differently, like Nasser's "donkey" comment was fine in England, not in India.Haha, no. There will be none of this. Post reported for review, and in the meantime if you continue to post like this I'll give you an instant infraction.
Why? There was almost no chance of us winning the Test. If you're still thinking of a draw when you're 200+ runs ahead and 2 days to bowl, then...Definitely makes for some poor viewing but I think drawing the test was the best option we had so have no issues with him occupying the crease when batting with the tail.
Hmm, I have a feeling we're talking about two different games here.Why? There was almost no chance of us winning the Test. If you're still thinking of a draw when you're 200+ runs ahead and 2 days to bowl, then...
Wut?I was making a simple analogy of how different things are perceived differently, like Nasser's "donkey" comment was fine in England, not in India.
Similarly, my assertion is that it would seem alien to others that people in the subcontinent indulge in activities like delaying declarations to let a batsmen score a double hundred, run across the field during taking a run to congratulate his skipper (Murali doing so to congo Kumar) and a lot of activities that are peculiar to the SC.
Regardless, if you interpreted it the other way, I regret it.
Hmm, I have a feeling we're talking about two different games here.
EDIT: My bad, I see you were talking about the Colombo test. Carry on.
I think the people who criticized Matthews and his partner for being selfish overreacted.Wut?
The comment can have different connotations at different places, but don't understand how this applies to the situation in discussion. Or how a Cricketing strategy can be exclusively area specific.
Hey, hold on a sec. Aren't we talking about the Chandimal/someone's incident in England, where he wasted deliveries to let Matthews get a 100?
What did you think I was talking about?