Could today's batsmen adapt to sticky wickets?

[Red]

Family forum dude.

Share the wisdom if you have it. But, point taken...

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I dunno, but it sounds delicious.

Gold

 

[Migara]

God, could you imagine Asif McGrath on such a pitch? Would be an absolute terror.

And not to mention Kumble

 

[flibbertyjibber]

And not to mention Kumble

Underwood would come out of retirement in his 60's and still be king.

 

[Migara]

Underwood would come out of retirement in his 60's and still be king.

Chandrashekar too. Just thinking what Jayananda Warnaweera would have done on such a pitch. Spin of Swann claliber and pace of Kumble caliber.

 

[fredfertang]

.... and the All Time Great Australian spinner renowned for the colour of his hair might be named Miller and not Warne

 

[NUFAN]

Half the ****s of today can't handle the current pitches so they would be atrocious having to bat in sticky situations.

 

[Migara]

.... and the All Time Great Australian spinner renowned for the colour of his hair might be named Miller and not Warne

Can be true BTW. On a pitch which was atrocious in 1999 (Galle) he out bowled Warne IIRC.

 

[Viscount Tom]

True but I reckon there's a number of batsmen who would do well on them sort of pticheshad they grown up in that era.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Of course they'd adapt. They're a product of their environment.

Bingo

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Half the ****s of today can't handle the current pitches so they would be atrocious having to bat in sticky situations.

and that's why more batsmen than ever before are averaging 50+?

 

[Jager]

I think Nuf obviously meant that nowadays batsmen seem to be unable to handle difficult conditions. They certainly feast on roads and rubbish bowling though, both of which are in seemingly endless supply

 

[wellAlbidarned]

They handle the conditions which are put in front of them. It's like having a backstroke swimmer whose been swimming in a indoor pool all his life, and then critisising him for not being able to swim across some lake in the middle of winter in Norway. Not to mention I feel that the pitches of the 70s/80s are somewhat overstated regarding their alleged liveliness, it was just a freakishly good crop of bowlers imo.

 

[Jager]

All I am saying is that using the fact that there are more 50+ averages these days as a measure of modern batting talent is a very flawed argument

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Yeah, but so is trying to say that that somehow makes them worse than those from previous eras. It clearly shows that the comparatively easy batting conditions are, without a doubt, being capitalised on, which suggests that batting talent has stayed pretty consistent throughout the years.

 

[NUFAN]

I mentioned half the ****s, not the great/very good players. Besides the top couple of countries, there are some very ordinary batsman being chosen on a regular basis who's technique is often exposed whenever conditions offer anything to bowlers so I would expect that they'd struggle more so in sticky conditions.