Yes but for a start surely if you back your bowlers to score more runs then this batsman shouldn's be playing, and in the case of McClenaghan with Buttler next in that's hardly true...Sure
If there's a batsman ahead of them who is horrendously out of form.
T20 teams have been promoting Steve Smith up the order, and as we can see it doesn't work.Just wondering what your thoughts on this are, particularly in twenty20 cricket. We seen Mumbai Indians promote Mitchell McClenaghan the other night, should this tactic be used by other teams, and when should it be used?
Bit generous to call Perera a bowler, tbhSL's been doing this with Perera with reasonable success
his nickname is punter ffsHistory shows it hasn't been a tactic that works very often at all.
Flem will tell you I'm as sycophantic a fan of Mitch as there is, but it bemused me when he walked out...and even more so that a guy with Ponting's cricket brain made it. I didn't have him down as a gambler. There was enough firepower in Mumbai's line up to get it done. I found it really weird.
If it's a guy like Johnson who has a Test century, or even Southee, can be a consistent clean striker...I can understand. But I just couldn't see why Mitch went up, he's not a guy who bats a lot. He scored runs and it got them a certain momentum, so they'll feel like it was justified. And shoulda woulda couldas, but he should've been out on 6.
Kiwi fans will know it can never top John Bracewell promoting Kyle Mills to #3 on a sporting Test wicket in SA v a top of his game Steyn and co.
Haha, touche.his nickname is punter ffs