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4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

Starfighter

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Paine has to be one of the biggest ball-chasing captains I've ever seen. Never seems ahead of the game field-wise.
Guessing you're referring to the lack of a leg slip and then him moving it in after a ball goes there. They've been hitting it there all series.
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Guessing you're referring to the lack of a leg slip and then him moving it in after a ball goes there. They've been hitting it there all series.
Yep. I don't, like, hate the lack of leg slip but ffs, if you're going to have one, have one before he hits it there. I wonder how much of Lyon's ineffectiveness is down to the cookie-cutter mindlessness of the plans he's had to work with.
 

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yep. I don't, like, hate the lack of leg slip but ffs, if you're going to have one, have one before he hits it there. I wonder how much of Lyon's ineffectiveness is down to the cookie-cutter mindlessness of the plans he's had to work with.
If Lyon's gonna bowl a straight line, as he has been doing, may as well set the field for it.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Paine has to be one of the biggest ball-chasing captains I've ever seen. Never seems ahead of the game field-wise.
Perhaps interesting that Lyon under Smith averaged three less than he does under Paine but had a higher economy rate.
 

gabbadan

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Forecast for the rest of Tuesday
Summary
Max 32Shower or two. Possible storm.Chance of any rain: 50%
Brisbane area
Cloudy. Medium (60%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Coming down from 70% to 50%.
Nothing on radar 1100hrs local
 

Son Of Coco

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
If Lyon's gonna bowl a straight line, as he has been doing, may as well set the field for it.
I do seem to remember Clarke trying to push Lyon to get it outside off more by setting fields that would encourage him to do so. I think the straighter line Lyon used to take gave him the ****s. Paine may just have set the field poorly, but he may also not have wanted Lyon to be pushing it down leg.

On a fifth day wicket where there's a hint of turn, spending a bit of time tossing it up outside off isn't the worst idea. Lyon seems to take more encouragement to do so than most.
 

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