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Was driving yesterday and listening to the ODI on the radio. When Maxwell went out, whoever was commentating on ABC radio said something along the lines of "well, he's gone, social media will start buzzing now with questions about his place in the team blah blah"
Now I know that they have to fill airtime, but seriously, the guy had just made 60, arrested a slump, taken his team from 5-78 to 6-160, and ultimately put his team in a position to build a proper score and win.
For the life of me I can't figure out why the guy doesn't get more respect as a cricketer. His FC average is superior to everyone who has been tried at 6 in the test side this summer (bar Cartright who's only played 17 FC games). He is a better than handy bowler, and one of the absolute elite fielders.
And finally, I find it weird that people say "he tries to be too funky etc". I mean, if you go out edging a quick to second slip trying to play a cover drive, that's ok, but if you reverse sweep and top edge it's not? Weird double standard.
Now I know that they have to fill airtime, but seriously, the guy had just made 60, arrested a slump, taken his team from 5-78 to 6-160, and ultimately put his team in a position to build a proper score and win.
For the life of me I can't figure out why the guy doesn't get more respect as a cricketer. His FC average is superior to everyone who has been tried at 6 in the test side this summer (bar Cartright who's only played 17 FC games). He is a better than handy bowler, and one of the absolute elite fielders.
And finally, I find it weird that people say "he tries to be too funky etc". I mean, if you go out edging a quick to second slip trying to play a cover drive, that's ok, but if you reverse sweep and top edge it's not? Weird double standard.