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Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
It wasn't that good a ball tbh. Yeah, it swung but it started pretty wide and therefore Karthik should have seen this and adjusted by leaving the ball.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
He played a similar shot earlier hitting it. So it was wrong shot selection for me given the swinging conditions, Karthik is pretty new at the crease for today.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
SS, what are the odds now?.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Doesn't work like that, once you've decided to play a stroke it's almost impossible to bail-out, especially when the swing's late. Full credit to Anderson for suckering him into the stroke.
It wasn't a RUD, but it was a damn fine ball that categorically deserved the wicket.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
It was not that good that it deserved a wicket. He should have left it alone really.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It was a decent nut, but he given it started pretty wide of off-stump and was always going away, there was no need to play it. Furthermore, it wasn't so much just the fact that he chose to play that shot to that ball, but the way he did - the shot itself was dire.. no footwork and a wristy slash through the off side.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
He should have maybe, but batsmen play (and middle) such balls often enough. Very good bowling IMO.
pasag
RTDAS
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I disagree really. A test opening batsman should not get out to that ball playing the shot like he did. If he moved his feet across and tried to play through the line rather than wafting his wrists out there and he still got out to it - fair enough. But the way he played it was quite dire, and I don't think the ball started close enough in to him to really "deserve" a wicket.
And this is coming from a big fan of Anderson AND Karthik, it must be noted.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Slighty off topic but seeing how SS has decided to have great bowlers in his avatar I've decided that I'll have a great batsmen in my avatar every week starting Monday. 
DCC_legend
International Regular
LOL at the above.
DCC_legend
International Regular
Strange shot again from MS Dhoni
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha, Dhoni. Needs some serious work on that.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I wouldn't really say it was that good a ball that it deserved a wicket. A good test batsman, even if he decides to hit such a ball, should be able to meddle it. Disagree with you on this.
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Dire batting in general since I've started watching. Another dire shot for four.
DCC_legend
International Regular
It was there to be hit, i suppose.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah, it was. But he played it like a 12 year old.