Kylez
State Vice-Captain
Nice cover up.
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Angelo Mathews-Selfish?
- Thread starter Xuhaib
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intcricket
U19 12th Man
Yeah sorry. Dumb flippin mistake. I didn't read the thread properly. That was 1 hour of my life I'll never get back.
Himannv
International Coach
Figured it was the Pakistan game. Your use of the word "us" alerted me to the fact that something was wrong.
What did you think I was talking about?
Was a "hold on, Spark isn't Pakistani" moment.
Daemon
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Flem274*
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All gay discussion -> out.
intcricket, I'm not quite sure what you're talking about, but stop trying to cover yourself with random arguments about holding hands.
No you weren't. Don't bull**** me.
You're reported for review in general for trolling, baiting and forum atmosphere reasons.
This thread is about Angelo Mathews, not Spanish gay people. All discussion of anything else below this post will be deleted.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
I don't really think that makes him selfish.
A selfish player is the kind who'd want to grab all the glory and accomplishments. How does Matthews giving strike to tailenders make him selfish?
Maybe it makes him cowardly. I dunno.
A selfish player is the kind who'd want to grab all the glory and accomplishments. How does Matthews giving strike to tailenders make him selfish?
Maybe it makes him cowardly. I dunno.
Jacknife
International Captain
Got to admit when he walked to the crease and then preceded to not get off the mark for 10 balls and pushed the run rate over 7, I thought he was going to put pressure on the guy at the other end.
I personally thought especially once Chandimal was out, he being the best batsman should have taken more control of the situation and chanced his arm a bit more.
I personally thought especially once Chandimal was out, he being the best batsman should have taken more control of the situation and chanced his arm a bit more.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
Its more that he realises that if he gets out Sri Lanka are doomed. The guy can't really slog in that position.
This severely hampers him. This whole discussion is stupid anyway, since SL's main problems are clearly NOT related to Matthews.
He's like the one bright spark in the setup atm. Its pointless to have a go at him.
Himannv
International Coach
I agree that he should have taken more control.
To address this thread in general, I think today's knock probably proves he isn't selfish. If anything, he probably needs to be more selfish and take on the strike a bit more and back himself a bit.
Migara
Cricketer Of The Year
Problem is that he's not able to do it against Ajmal and Afridi who are good spinners with many variations. Mathews and Sanga are there to take pacemen to the business. Other chokers should know how to handle spin than this. FFS, SL in late 90s handled Warne, Saqlain and Kumble better than this. Seeing Hafeez getting away with 7-1-26-1 is insulting. During Ranatunga's time Hafeez would have gone 5+ without much problem. SL batmen are losing their spin playing abilities fast.
Migara
Cricketer Of The Year
Sanga woudn't have been a successful batsman (relatively, with good home stats and **** SC stats) as he is if he played for SAF or Australia, because spinners would have homed on him very heavily. His reduced ability to play spin does get lost among the plethora of SL batsmen who take on spinners. If Sanga played for India, would have been still more successful, because Indian batsmen are the best against spin (even tail enders!), and there will be less pressure on him. To Sanga's credit, he has improved his spin play, and sticks at it.
Mathews also from the same clan. mercurial against pace and bounce, OK with pace and movement, but very un-SC like when it comes to handleing spin. He's a good batsman, so he'd pick spinners off the pitch and play late, and if he finds out there's nothing fancy about the spinner will use the long handle. But with Ajmal and Afridi (and perhaps Ashwin), who has variations of spin, will tie down Mathews. On other hand, I expect him to do well against Vettori or Ojha (who mainly use changes of flight and pace), because he picks the length early. Swann will be somewhere in between, as his modus operandi is variations of flight and pace, does possess a straight on ball which is very effective due to massive spin he imparts.
So yes, spinners who have doosras, carom balls and googlies will tie down Mathews, but I expect others to be taken to the cleaners if used at the death.
Mathews also from the same clan. mercurial against pace and bounce, OK with pace and movement, but very un-SC like when it comes to handleing spin. He's a good batsman, so he'd pick spinners off the pitch and play late, and if he finds out there's nothing fancy about the spinner will use the long handle. But with Ajmal and Afridi (and perhaps Ashwin), who has variations of spin, will tie down Mathews. On other hand, I expect him to do well against Vettori or Ojha (who mainly use changes of flight and pace), because he picks the length early. Swann will be somewhere in between, as his modus operandi is variations of flight and pace, does possess a straight on ball which is very effective due to massive spin he imparts.
So yes, spinners who have doosras, carom balls and googlies will tie down Mathews, but I expect others to be taken to the cleaners if used at the death.
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