Yeah, helmets are made of cast iron right? Batsmen these days are like Ned Kelly in full armour - never a scratch on them.
What point do you want to make here? And why would they need to be made of cast iron? Whatever they're made of does the job satisfactorily.
It's the last point that I struggle with. And I've heard it before - somehow the fact that amateurs can't cope with a professional bowling at 90mph means that the professionals who have been deemed good enough to represent their country shouldn't be expected to cope with it either. Yes Morgan is a complete knob, but this little stunt proved nothing. No idea why Lee agreed to take part.
I suppose bcos we have people like you on the tail side of the coin... Why shouldn't he make those comments? Not allowed your majesty? Takes 2 to participate. All it takes is a gullible twit and bully who knows he can't lose. Both look bad and cricket doesn't need the televised mugging.
love how your posts have taken on a progressively acerbic nature on this thread. Forget cricket, televised mugging of hack polemics is what the world needs. Piers Morgan gets paid big money to act like an idiot. He got his for talking down elite sportsmen. More power to Lee.
Why do you keep referring to it as a 'mugging' or 'running over a galah"? Both imply complete innocence on the subjects behalf. Piers knew fully well what he was getting himself into, and no doubt did it with the intention of boosting his own publicity. I can see how an argument could be made against the thing in itself as bad form of promotion for cricket (although I thought it was pretty great television), but I don't understand how you can be sympathetic towards Piers given his complete consent (and furthermore his apparent willingness to stay through the entire over instead of pulling out).
It's been lost to some extent that the English tail should have been able to do more than they have against MJ. I'm not saying its easy but fans expect professionals to show more grit. I remember Merv copping a short ball barrage against WI but surviving because his team needed someone to support the batsman at the other end. It's hard but fast bouncers are less dangerous to your wicket than fast and hitting off.
Yes, I completely agree. We could all think of times when a tail ender has done exactly what you've described, and it can make a significant difference to the total. Throw in the fact that Broad, Swann and Bresnan are all supposed to be able to bat a bit, and it make what we've seen even worse.
Because your assertion seemed to be that in this day and age, facing up to a fast bowler is basically stress-free given modern equipment. Very far from it. I'm definitely not in the camp of 'oh lord think of the children, he could have died' etc but of course he could've been seriously hurt. Langer v Ntini a few years ago, knocked out with a helmet on. Vermuelen and Tudor, hit through the visor. Ribs/lungs/kidneys etc are exposed to a guy bowling 135-140 well over the front crease (unsure whether they were newish balls).
