Hayden's 181*, how good was it really?

[Richard]

Bowman?

 

[open365]

Bowman?

Yeh, it's my name, see.

 

[Richard]

Ah. Surname, tho, I presume.

In which case, Bowman 1 - Dickinson 0. Doesn't do to use your surname and my first.

 

[open365]

Ah. Surname, tho, I presume.

In which case, Bowman 1 - Dickinson 0. Doesn't do to use your surname and my first.

Haha, fair enough, though i think only my parents recognise i have a first name, even teachers call me Bowman nowadays.

 

[Richard]

Well I'm universally "Dickinson" on here because there are so many Richs... Twyman, Hingston, Dickinson, Edmunds and whatever-PTU's-surname-is.

Same with Fuller and Bennett, TBH.

 

[open365]

Well I'm universally "Dickinson" on here because there are so many Richs... Twyman, Hingston, Dickinson, Edmunds and whatever-PTU's-surname-is.

Same with Fuller and Bennett, TBH.

I only recently realised that Fuller was not as i had first thought a Scotish St Helens rugby leauge supporter.

 

[Mister Wright]

I enjoyed both innings very much and thought Haydens was much better over-all however all Haydens sixes were placed in nearly the exact same spot everytime whereas McMillan had style and played his shots for six beautifully.

Does it really matter where a six is hit. As long as it isn't a top edge, I don't think you can knock a batsman for smashing them in the same place everytime, or say that another batsman's innings was better because his sixes were hit all over the ground.

 

[Richard]

It does get damn frustrating seeing the exact same shot over and over again, and not once mis-hit, though!

 

[Mister Wright]

It does get damn frustrating seeing the exact same shot over and over again, and not once mis-hit, though!

I'm pretty sure Hayden doesn't see it the same way.

 

[Natman20]

Im just saying McMillans innings was more enjoyable for me whereas Haydens was rather repetitive.

 

[Richard]

I'm pretty sure Hayden doesn't see it the same way.

I can't imagine the delight he'd have got from the feeling "these stupid bowlers just keep bowling it here, don't they..." *BOINK*

 

[Fiery]

I can't imagine the delight he'd have got from the feeling "these stupid bowlers just keep bowling it here, don't they..." *BOINK*

A combination of lack of variation in length by the bowlers, being in so long and getting into a "zone" when a batsman starts "seeing it like a pumpkin". I've experienced this myself just once in 25 odd years of batting. Hayden probably has quite a few times.

 

[Arrow]

His knock was very good, it was the equivalent of a good ODI 100. The reason why it wasnt 'great' was because the ground was a backyard, the pitch a road and the attack impotent. None of those bowlers were genuine 'world class' and didnt have any special pace or movement, so on a road they are just fodder, which they were.

 

[PhoenixFire]

His knock was very good, it was the equivalent of a good ODI 100. The reason why it wasnt 'great' was because the ground was a backyard, the pitch a road and the attack impotent. None of those bowlers were genuine 'world class' and didnt have any special pace or movement, so on a road they are just fodder, which they were.

Well said