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Yep the selfish **** was smart....unless you get out at the top of your game like Sangakarra.
Yep the selfish **** was smart....unless you get out at the top of your game like Sangakarra.
Yeah. Even after the career saving ton in the opener the rest of the ashes(five more tests) he hardly set the world on fire. The next ashes too he was pretty crap (edit - looked it up, he scored 0, 1, 2 and 0 in his next four innings after the career saving century in '97. rofl thats crap. and in the 98/99 ashes series he got one fifty from 10 digs)Taylor's run before the 1997 Ashes. Was basically in the side because he was captain..no 50's in 18 months or something right?
Yeah Ramps looked a million bucks didn’t he? Hick was such a rocks and diamonds player. He made 80 odd in the last test of the 93 Ashes which was as good a knock as you’d see, but at other times looked utter trash.Ramps always looked Test class at whatever level he played, but he kept getting out.
Hick on the other hand, whilst he always looked Test class at county level, often didn't at Test level
John Crawley somewhere between the two
Agree, and saying "so'and-so's entire career" is high end lazyLate career declines aren't really what this thread should be about. Those declines happen to everyone. Troughs in the middle of a career where a player goes through a terrible patch in what should be his prime (or close to it) are much more interesting.
Sachin post 2011 is a natural decline which happens to literally every batsman. Sachin 03-06 when he was getting knocked on his arse by Asif and being called "Endulkar", now that's a proper trough.
6/10 lack of 'travails'Trott went through a trio of truly tremendously troughy troughs whilst playing on some troublesome tracks iirc.
Always came across as a decent bloke too - perhaps his lack of arrogance didn't help him in the endTrott's leaving the international game was so sad. Aside from the personal reasons associated with it, the bloke was just a ****ing good player. Total professional in his approach and a proper batsman at the highest level. Trescothick I suppose was similar, though tbh from a purely cricketing pov I rate Trott a fair bit higher as a player. He's only 36 now, bloke could still be playing at test level had things been different for him.
So you're saying he's a downhill skier then?considering the purple patch Amla has had for most of his career and the standards he has set for the most part of the last decade its safe to say that he has had a trough from 2015-2017....he deserves a break though considering the instability of the test team during that time with injuries and the retirement of some of his mates.When the core of a team becomes weakened and players who you have played with for most of your career are missing it can have a mental effect.The last time Amla COMPLETED a full test match with ALL of de Villiers, Du plesis, Steyn, Philander, and Morkel was in the 2014 test series win in Sri lanka.Not to mention the luxury of having Smith and Kallis in the batting lineup for all those years...such absence would create more pressure knowing that you have to score because the other run machines and wicket takers are missing.I think with most of his old mates returning for next 2-3 seasons we will see the Amla of old.
He was still getting runs thoughSurprised at no mention of AB's run of more than 3 years and almost 40 Tests without a Test ton.