The answer is "a long time". I think he'll come good but either way it's basically three bad tests. The last series before this one he scored over 600 runs including two hundreds.
I am sure he will recover. All players have bad series. Unless they are Smith, of course.
Despite his failures in the last 3 tests, since the beginning of 2016, he has 1500 runs @ 65. 3 tests ago he was seen as a contender for best batsman in the world.
Smith had a bad series in Sri Lanka. Averaged 40 - half what he's been averaging everywhere else for the last 4 years.
Yeah, hasn't had a series averaging under 40 since 2013.
at least 7-8 more test matches after this
It was completely good natured. People really are absurd.
I couldn't watch the match today and just looked at the photo. Genuine query. I remember Dhawan was ripped apart for imitating Watson and sometimes still is. How is this one good natured and different to what Dhawan did?
Maxwell and Kohli are good friends off the field.
There's a bit of difference in context, but otherwise it's mostly that Watson very obviously took offence and then it blew up. Maxwell and Kohli genuinely could be just a bit of ribbing between good mates.
Bradman could literally have got another 40 ducks and kept top spot for the next 40 innings on that list...
Probably because Watson has a massively thin skin. No, I actually don't know the incident you are referring too but from my pov I don't think the grabbing of shoulder was necessarily even directed at kohli, in jest or not. He rolled in the same manner and same spot as kohli so I saw it more as grabbing his shoulder theatrically as a joke he'd hurt himself. Anyway, my main gripe is in this twitter, disposable comment culture people rush to offence and attack so easily.
I mean yeah he had a massive grin on his face at the time. I still think it's something you shouldn't do, but it is worth remembering that Watson's injury problems were far worse than mere frustrations that kept you off the field for a day or so.
