Flem274*
123/5
Interesting psychological analysis there.
You reckon Guptill bats at the same level as the opener at the other end?
Would Bradman's corpse still bat better than our openers?
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***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2012
- Thread starter Heboric
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You reckon Guptill bats at the same level as the opener at the other end?
Would Bradman's corpse still bat better than our openers?
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah definitely reckon Guptill plays better with better guys at the other end.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
I used to love ODIs and when T20s came along I advocated still keeping ODIs partly as a bridge between the formats.
Opinion is changing though - **** having a bridge. If T20 and tests are almost like two different sports then that's fine by me. It might even help with players' mindsets because they're just so different, whereas ODIs are a shade of grey. Plus I'm confident the test format can stand on its own two feet and the test world is more interesting now than it's been for ages.
Flem274*
123/5
Lol. Last test they made a habit of "wow, played and missed, quick ball!" from Philander/Martin etc only for it to register at 133kph. "Wow, geez, I think that ball was quicker than the radar suggests."one of the radio commentators said:
FFS you ****s, good bowling =/= the ball being fast.
Just then from Waddle; "132ks from Philander, but that was a good ball and I'm sure it was quicker than that."
For goodness sake..
Slow it down and take 5/15 Philander. Do it for the ever under appreciated fast medium bowlers.
Flem274*
123/5
Morkel is the bowler to get Flynn with imo. Watching a few of his hundreds he's still much more comfortable with away movement than in movement, and bouncier bowlers, when they pitched it up, did give him a few issues.
Morkel to pitch it up and move it into him. Push Flynn well back and let him camp on the preffered back foot, then go for the really full one.
But SA, please bowl really short to him. Short and wide.
Morkel to pitch it up and move it into him. Push Flynn well back and let him camp on the preffered back foot, then go for the really full one.
But SA, please bowl really short to him. Short and wide.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Waddle in particular is OBSESSED with pace.
Flem274*
123/5
Even Iain O'Brien is catching the bug.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
That's it Flynn, take out those close-in fielders. Literally.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
I confess I've fantasised about our batsmen deliberately whacking it at close-in-fielders at times
Yeah, I know, bad sportsmanship etc.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Nah, it's fair enough. Every batsman's right to try to hit the ball wherever the **** he wants to.
Flem274*
123/5
Pretty sure I actively yell at our bowlers to throw some beamers.
Just accept you're a **** and revel in it.
Flem274*
123/5
Athlai
Not Terrible
Hughes would've edged it to slip though.