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Richard said:First directly and second indirectly, it is implied that Chopra "works", ie is a successful Test-match batsman.
He isn't!!!
congratulations on being the first on these forums to think so.
Richard said:First directly and second indirectly, it is implied that Chopra "works", ie is a successful Test-match batsman.
He isn't!!!
Richard said:Tell me, how is someone who has an average in the mid-20s a successful Test-match batsman?
so 4 partnerships of more than 100( 2 of them being more than 150) and 3 50 partnerships dont count then? surely you got to open your eyes and look at the number of balls chopra bats for,especially considering,the player at the other end is so very aggressive and more often than not is going to make up for that. some credit of india's recent success should be put down to his abilities to blunt the new ball and make life easier for their middle order.and thats not even including the fact that sehwag likes to bat with him or the fact that akash chopra happens to be the best forward short leg in the world ATM.....Richard said:First directly and second indirectly, it is implied that Chopra "works", ie is a successful Test-match batsman.
He isn't!!!
and did it occur to you that the reason as to why they cashed in comes down largely due to the openers blunting out the new ball?Richard said:where all his team-mates cashed-in (eventually).
Best forward-short-leg in The World, I don't think so. Andrew Strauss and Katich are pretty good. Anyway, that position's just a waste of a fielder except on turning pitches against spinners.tooextracool said:so 4 partnerships of more than 100( 2 of them being more than 150) and 3 50 partnerships dont count then? surely you got to open your eyes and look at the number of balls chopra bats for,especially considering,the player at the other end is so very aggressive and more often than not is going to make up for that. some credit of india's recent success should be put down to his abilities to blunt the new ball and make life easier for their middle order.and thats not even including the fact that sehwag likes to bat with him or the fact that akash chopra happens to be the best forward short leg in the world ATM.....
The new ball - taken by brilliant swing-bowlers such as Sami, Bracken, Williams, Tuffey and Butler.tooextracool said:and did it occur to you that the reason as to why they cashed in comes down largely due to the openers blunting out the new ball?
Das didn't have enough power to translate his potential into performance. Trescothick, Hayden, Gayle, Gibbs and several world class openers did.Yes, and I admit Das never did his potential justice so far.
Richard said:Best forward-short-leg in The World, I don't think so. Andrew Strauss and Katich are pretty good. Anyway, that position's just a waste of a fielder except on turning pitches against spinners.
i think anyone whos seen all 3 field in that position wouldnt have too much doubt that strauss and katich are barely even in the same league....Richard said:Best forward-short-leg in The World, I don't think so. Andrew Strauss and Katich are pretty good.
1) india play half their matches in the sub continent....you'd think that he would come in handy there quite often.....Richard said:Anyway, that position's just a waste of a fielder except on turning pitches against spinners..
no, there is a case.....its called 'potential'. the man is young and inexperienced surely he can work on his game to the extent of improving his average to the benchmark 40s. have you seen a weakness in his technique? i havent as yet. the only chink that he has is all temperamental and even that can be argued with the fact that he tends to bat for such a long time,before throwing it away.Richard said:And so what about the number of balls he bats for, or how much Sehwag likes him, or how well Sehwag bats when with him? - the point of batting is to score runs, and you've got to score them at an average of close to 40 to merit a place in a Test-side nowadays. Yes, sure, his part in the Australia series success should not be underestimated, he made a big contribution - but still, his average is simply not good enough; if it were, there would be no questions asked about his place.
oh really? so i would also assume that bowlers like dillon and cuffy wouldnt require too much skill to see off either would they?Richard said:The new ball - taken by brilliant swing-bowlers such as Sami, Bracken, Williams, Tuffey and Butler.
Sure, it took some skill to see them off.
Nnanden said:although his statistics are rather impressive, im just wondering if theres anyone out there who has actually seen (on tv, but preferably live) chopra batting? does he block normally in fc matches, or is this just an international thing? and what about in ods?? he cant really get a strike-rate of 35 in em... can HE?