No. One day cricket is about hitting balls that don't deserve to be hit.Craig said:Obviously he has to treat each ball on it's merit, but don't you have to do it in anyother game you play no matter what version?
Ha, Pup's good but not that good...Salamuddin said:Clarke is a top quality player. He is better than Hodge, Symonds and Katich put together.
Hope so.mavric41 said:I think he might have turned the corner today. I feel that he had a lot of self doubt that he belonged at this level and the lack of performance and the media has put made him put him self under a lot of pressure. His performance today should make him relax a bit more when he is batting and hopefully score a few runs.
Um. No.Salamuddin said:Clarke is a top quality player. He is better than Hodge, Symonds and Katich put together.
Oh yeh he's definitely got what it takes, perhaps it's a bit too late and they should've tried blooding him in tests 4 or 5 years ago.social said:Hope so.
Definitely has the talent and technique.
His fielding is also a massive bonus.
In place of who exactly?!Josh said:they should've tried blooding him in tests 4 or 5 years ago.
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Yeah, but for which team...Crazy Sam said:ps it wouldn't surprise me if symonds plays cricket for another 8-10 years.......very fit, athletic and almost no injury problems whatsoever.
He knows perfectly well already what it takes to get up there to 100 already - 8 innings, hey presto, 100.Crazy Sam said:of course symonds is good enough for test cricket, unfortunately his scores just haven't shown that yet. It's a bit like his one day career IMO, once he has that one good innings and understands what it takes to get up there to 100, there'll be no turning back.
The same can be said for players like Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Hick and Hasan Rasa. Some players just cant take the next step.Symonds is a test quality player, I've seen far too many brilliant first class innings in troubled situation to doubt his ability at test level
Your missing my point.Mr Mxyzptlk said:No. One day cricket is about hitting balls that don't deserve to be hit.
Just call me Nostradamas!!!mavric41 said:I think he might have turned the corner today. I feel that he had a lot of self doubt that he belonged at this level and the lack of performance and the media has put made him put him self under a lot of pressure. His performance today should make him relax a bit more when he is batting and hopefully score a few runs.
You said that playing each ball on its merit is the same in any form of the game. That's not true. In ODI cricket you are going to attempt to hit a ball that "isn't there or is too good a ball", because you have to. It's due to the limited number of overs.Craig said:Your missing my point.
Your not going to hit a ball if it isn't there to hit or is too good a ball that you just have to defend. Each ball is different so you have to play accordingly, you decide whether or not what you are going to do, good ball or not.
Must I make myself clearer?