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*Official* New Zealand in England 2015
- Thread starter JediNudist
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harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No, I want him to play attacking cricket. Just after getting his eye in a little.
Flem274*
123/5
have you seen baz's defensive game early on? his main weakness with that back of his is wicket to wicket bowling...
he's better off whacking a few early and putting the bowler off which gives him time to get everything working. he (and half the bloody team actually) is a poor starter. i mean everyone in cricket is vulnerable early but he and ross and anderson and ronchi and even watling are below the average.
he's better off whacking a few early and putting the bowler off which gives him time to get everything working. he (and half the bloody team actually) is a poor starter. i mean everyone in cricket is vulnerable early but he and ross and anderson and ronchi and even watling are below the average.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Could we? I watched all up until tea and iirc he offered nothing. The closest being the pull off the gloves that Buttler had a leap at but was still a few inches away. He wasn't dropped, didn't edge any just short of a slip or have any borderline LBW shouts. Up until tea he played an aggressive but good innings for mine.
And given we'll probably have the equivalent of 3 days play overall, batting aggressive to try and give us maximum time to bowl England out twice to try and force a win was the order of the day, even when we were 2-2. I honestly expected us to fold for <150 after those 2 wickets, but look where we are now. nearly 300 runs in 65 overs of Test cricket. Not the worst innings on record.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Harsh is correct. Just your logic you are putting forward is inconsistent at times.
If you are going to get out first ball of a session trying to hit a boundary you deserve to be criticised. If it comes off you deserve to be called daring.
On the shot where he got out his balance was all wrong. Didn't commit to the shot.
If you are going to get out first ball of a session trying to hit a boundary you deserve to be criticised. If it comes off you deserve to be called daring.
On the shot where he got out his balance was all wrong. Didn't commit to the shot.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Could we? I watched all up until tea and iirc he offered nothing. The closest being the pull off the gloves that Buttler had a leap at but was still a few inches away. He wasn't dropped, didn't edge any just short of a slip or have any borderline LBW shouts. Up until tea he played an aggressive but good innings for mine.
And given we'll probably have the equivalent of 3 days play overall, batting aggressive to try and give us maximum time to bowl England out twice to try and force a win was the order of the day, even when we were 2-2. I honestly expected us to fold for <150 after those 2 wickets, but look where we are now. nearly 300 runs in 65 overs of Test cricket. Not the worst innings on record.
20.5
Broad to McCullum, FOUR, edged! Wide of the slips down to third man. No holding back, again. Full on off stump and he threw his hands through the drive
21.5
Stokes to McCullum, 1 run, now McCullum drives without much footwork and gets an inside edge to long leg
My broad point is not that I think McCullum should not play attacking cricket, but this attacking from the first ball nonsense has to stop. It is too reckless and the cost-benefit analysis is bad.
Flem274*
123/5
get the bloody business hobble gobble out of the convo ta.
we've already explained how baz gets in unless the situation is so bad it needs a 300.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
It's simply a matter of him taking the approach with which will give the most overall value to the team. McCullum can grind and graft - but in the long run he's gonna score more runs taking a slightly over the top approach, even if it means going slightly overboard on occasion.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Also regarding cost-benefit - I'm not sure if you've noticed, but he's been in the form of his life ever since he started taking this approach full on.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah, Prof, but I am bad at getting things.
This doesn't have to be about how he does it, it could be about how he should be doing it. Baz hasn't batted with such recklessness before from what I have seen of him. Even the best attacking batsmen like Gilly and Viru never did things this way. There is a better way, and he is trying to portray as if he can't even play a couple of overs carefully before having a swing. I don't buy that. It's covering up for a bad batting strategy.
harsh.ag
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I guess I am of the opinion that since he is in the form of his life, he would do better by applying himself a little more at the beginning. Also, sometimes a quick 50 isn't good enough in the context of an innings.
Mike5181
International Captain
McCullum struggled for years because he was stuck in some awkward middle-ground (do I attack, or defend). He's basically just said '*** it, I actually feel most comfortable when I just go out there and attack. He's had his most successful period of test cricket with the bat in the last two years while doing so. Most of his big scores have come quickly. There's going to be a lot of cringe-worthy moments, but he'll come off more often than he would trying to bat like someone he's not.
