Does he have a point?Apart from turning every thread into something about FTBs?
Think he tried to put across that he doesn't ignore a series win if a player goes down in a team that has tremendous bench strength. But he does when that said player is the heart of the team
I think his technique definitely got exploited from 2005 onwards. But I still don't consider him a FTB.
Can someone put forward a modern definition, and example/s, of a FTB?
Aussie, refrain from insulting other posters. Any more of this will be deleted.
Well please explain to me how Australia managed to win these huge series without him:
In general Kasper & Gillespe were part of the main playing XI ATT. Of course Lee started the Ashes & thus Kasper was the back-up after McGrath got injured. Kasper certainly went in the Ashes in world class test form, given he was having the year of life. He ended up being poo in the Ashes of course.
Heartbeat of the team in a non-ATG great that doesn't have tremedous bench strenght actually. But the non-bolded part is correct.
ehhh...think a few people would get a little sensitive if I did...But I think Home Track Bullys are worse. And there are a number of them
C'mon be a man, define FTB, and then name some modern examples damnit!
FTB=someone who only scores on flat tracks.C'mon be a man, define FTB, and then name some modern examples damnit!
Well I'd loosely define a FTB as a batsmen who tends to score heavily on batsmen friendly wickets against lesser attacks while then turning around and failing on wickets that tend to favour the bowler.C'mon be a man, define FTB, and then name some modern examples damnit!
I think Sehwag is the obvious one at present. His average in the first innings of a match is more than double what it is in the second (almost 70 in the 1st, about 30 in the 2nd). So he obviously struggles with a deteriorating wicket (or he just gets bored after more than 2-3 days
). He also hasn't scored many runs in tough venues eg. South Africa, England, New Zealand. Some will say 'yeah but he made runs in Australia'. True, but it was against a McWarne-less Australia in 03/04 flaying Brad Williams, Andy Bichel and Nathan Bracken around... and he played well in Adelaide in 2008 - but that's the easiest pitch to bat on in the country, and again McGrath and Warne were both retired by then.
I don't think either is true really. I think that if one player made a large score, but the rest of his team got out for <10, even that can't be used as evidence that the player scored on a tough wicket. The bowling could have been superb (bowling still can be superb on roads) or the rest of the team simply got themselves out. The only way to know is by observation, which probably highlights the biggest flaw with using mere stats to determine whether someone is a FTB or not. For e.g., most players have only played a few matches in most countries. If a certain player averages >50 in, say, England over 5 or so matches, I don't think you can conclude that player is necessarily adept at playing swing. There are plenty of times in England where swing is not even an issue, and the player could have been lucky enough to play in England when that was the case.
