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*Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
Sreesanth is so ****ing frustrating.

2/3 good balls then a loose one right on cue everytime.
The only positive is that this may finally drill into the selectors heads that he is not good enough for Test cricket.
 

Top_Cat

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Agree somewaht, but I must emphasize that the dismissals are what cricket is about. The Indian top batsmen should be able to handle some pressure and good bowling and NOT appear to look sluggish and tentative. I think they do deserve some criticism:
-Gambhir out to a loose drive
-Sehwag got out of the way halfheartedly
-Tendulkar could have left that delivery
-Laxman went for the hook, straight too a fielder set there for him.
heh, easy from the couch, tbh.
 

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
heh, easy from the couch, tbh.
There is no way Sachin would have played at that ball the way he did in South Africa tbh, even in the most hostile spells of bowling by Steyn.
Gambhir was trying to play straighter until that shot,Laxman's shot could have been avoided easily and well Raina was being dire.
 
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Top_Cat

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There is no way Sachin would have played at that ball the way he did in South Africa tbh, even in the most hostile spells of bowling by Steyn.
Gambhir was trying to play straighter until that shot,Laxman's shot could have been avoided easily and well Raina was being dire.
Just proving my point (Laxman aside).

Anyway.
 

Cevno

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Just proving my point (Laxman aside).

Anyway.
But the point was that they could have played better. Yes it was good bowling but these players have a calibre of playing way better and it was nothing which they haven't faced in the past.
 

hazsa19

International Regular
Bugger, missed it. Anything particularly revealing / salient that I can use to help in my one-man crusade to lift wicketkeeping standards at the junior level in Oxfordshire?
The bit I found most interesting was the discussion regarding his controversial taking the ball in front of the stumps for a run-out.

Not sure that's much use for junior cricket in Oxfordshire.
 

Neil Pickup

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The bit I found most interesting was the discussion regarding his controversial taking the ball in front of the stumps for a run-out.

Not sure that's much use for junior cricket in Oxfordshire.
Nope, I'm generally happy if they take the ball, whether in front or behind the stumps. In front is significantly quicker to my mind, having played around with it several times in practices myself.
 

hazsa19

International Regular
Nope, I'm generally happy if they take the ball, whether in front or behind the stumps. In front is significantly quicker to my mind, having played around with it several times in practices myself.
Oh yeah it's a no brainer for me, if the keeper is quick enough in getting the ball fron in front of the stumps to the stumps.

Some commentators don't seem to get it.
 

keeper

U19 Vice-Captain
Bugger, missed it. Anything particularly revealing / salient that I can use to help in my one-man crusade to lift wicketkeeping standards at the junior level in Oxfordshire?
Try not to take the ball outside of your body (there's a good Ian Healy vid on youtube on this very point).

Some stuff on taking the ball in front for run-outs - key piece of technique is to anchor one leg right next to the stump so the hands know where to go and have a short trip there.

The importance of hard work!

Balanced, athletic stance.

How everyone fancies keeping until they try it.

Try to reduce the give from the hands when standing up.

Will add more if I remember...
 

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