Was a short ball there to be hit. At least the field was up unlike when your boy Kohli tried it in the last test at Adelaide.So unnecessary. Seriously just ego that hit
In fairness he's looked dangerous at times against Marsh. Just too prone to throwing in a loosener.Oh don't throw in the towel Brendon...
I don't rate him because more than 40% of his test innings result in single figure scores, he has a very moderate fc record, he is middle aged in sporting terms , he is a moderate fieldsman and there is at least one batsman in his shield team that is an exponentially better batsman than him who cant get a gameThe point is he scored a lot of runs in shield cricket, got minimal test opportunities while continuing to score runs in warmup games throughout the Ashes series, and earned the right to be the #1 replacement batsman. Fair enough if you don't rate him but he's not being picked based on random guesses about potential or whatever, and people tend to assume he is because he's been in and out of the team so much without ever properly securing his spot (despite playing a handful of excellent innings) and because his overall shield record is poor.