Or you don't have any better options.If you're throwing ball to him in the final over of a WC final it says something about the expectation of his bowling
Or you don't have any better options.If you're throwing ball to him in the final over of a WC final it says something about the expectation of his bowling
Ha yeah, I'm not sure that earns a laughing emoji though. If I was a Kiwi, surely I'd be too bitter to pump up Stokes' tyres, for many reasons, so must the Boult choke thing. And he's about as mentally tough as anyone.For me it was your username and location
Are you saying Root got his sums wrong ala Greg Chappell?Or you don't have any better options.
The way you wrote and the angle you came from in that post confirmed it regardless of anything else.How? Because I didn't think Boult choked?
I absolutely stand by it. And not to be obtuse either. I don't believe it was a choke, he's just not a bowler capable of landing six balls in the same place. He's not a death specialist. Never was.Are you saying Root got his sums wrong ala Greg Chappell?
But to your earlier point about how he wasn't a third seamer, he also wasn't a top 5 bat til recently
But honestly I dunno why were having this argument. If a full time bowler leaking 4 sixes in a final over to lose a WC can't be called a choke you're setting the bar a little too high for the word
Yeah, he would. But again like I say, the 10% doesn't automatically have to be a choke. I might make 90% of three footers but the 10% is the distribution of my poor strokes, not my chokes.Using your putting example, I'd say Ben Stokes successfully defends 19 off a final over about 90% of the time wouldn't you? I'd say that for nearly any bowler who isn't a part time offie actually
Not against a big hitter. Ben Stokes has no ability with the ball under pressure. It depends who is in to bat against him. When Stokes came on to bowl to Braithwaite I knew it was game over live and I called it pre-game to whom I was watching the game with. We both knew Stokes would bowl the final over and throw it away for England before a ball was bowled it was almost meant to happen. Stokes is a slot bowler at the death when he's under pressure.Using your putting example, I'd say Ben Stokes successfully defends 19 off a final over about 90% of the time wouldn't you? I'd say that for nearly any bowler who isn't a part time offie actually
If one of those rare 10% misses come in a WC final over or a playoff hole at Augusta that's when the word choke gets thrown around. Having a rare miss at the most important of times. It's pretty simpleYeah, he would. But again like I say, the 10% doesn't automatically have to be a choke. I might make 90% of three footers but the 10% is the distribution of my poor strokes, not my chokes.
I guess to wrap it up in a nice little bundle, we have zero way of knowing what a choke is unless we have brain scanning technology pinned to a player. I feel like a lot of times a choke is labelled, it's just simply underperformance. Which can happen in over 1 or 50. And given how mentally strong I believe Stokes is, I'd put that one down to poor execution on his behalf and great execution on Braithwaite's. Not a choke.
I'm pretending nothing. But based on his personality and hitting attributes having nothing to lose against a slot bowler was heaven for him and proved to be. Yes I did. Sometimes things come to you before they happen in cricket, it depends what the angle is you are coming from. You might be able to predict certain things in cricket better than me before they happen and visa versa. I don't know you well enough to be sure of that, but certain things can be predictable live.Knew it was game over live? Let's not pretend Braithwaite is Mr consistent with the bat either
Trust me, it wasn't Gamhiring or anything else you want to call it. Braithwaite is a calm dude he knows Stokes is the opposite, it was the perfect match up for him he just waited for the bad balls and sent them over the rope effortlessly.Yeah but 19 off the last over to win is a huge ask by any metric.......probably talking 5%.
Not saying you didn't call it but if you did it was more Gambhiring than any real insight.
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