tooextracool said:
i'll put it this way...you're the only person who thinks you are. chopra is the best short leg in the world today and is right up there in the 'boon' league
No, I'm not, I assure you. And I might point-out that even if Chopra was one of the best short-legs ever, and he's not, it doesn't make any compensation for substandard batting.
tooextracool said:
incase you missed the last series in india,there was turn,its called 'slow turn', never easy to get wickets on, but if anyone gets the wickets, it happens to be the spinners.
in places outside the sub continent there is almost always a bit of turn and a bit of rough to work with on the last couple of days. and thats when you need a silly point or a short leg if you have a quality spinner.
No fingerspin bowler is going to make himself threatening if he only has rough to work with (and not all pitches end-up with significant footholds anyway), he needs the ball to turn appreciaby off the pitch. There is no point in playing fingerspinners outside the subcontinet. And no matter how slow the turn, if there's enough of it good spin bowlers will take cheap wickets.
tooextracool said:
rubbish, its known as good bowling,particularly on a lively track. there isnt much of it today but nonetheless the best of it happens to be at the start of every inning.
No, catches at short-leg can only ever come from batting error. Batting error does not constitute good bowling. It is batting error resulting in catches at short-leg that happen less nowadays, now that batsmen are properly protected from body blows.
tooextracool said:
i might agree with that, but its a partnership....if the 2 work well together regardless of who scores more i think its still worth keeping
My point is anyone could "work well" with Sehwag if he gets the figures he's been getting recently.
tooextracool said:
most of the times he got out early, it wasnt a case of throwing it away...rather it was a good ball or a misjudged shot,which is not exactly a weakness.
A misjudged shot is throwing your wicket away. And there are not going to be many good balls flying around when the like of Lee, Bracken, Williams, Sami, Tuffey and Butler are bowling on wickets like Chopra's games were played on.
tooextracool said:
yes that is true but he needs to be given a longer stint,he hasnt done badly and the partnership has gone well.
He has done badly and he has had a fair stint - something like 18 innings is a fair time to judge people.