Just further on this, if I pick Symonds, it's primarily as a #6 batsman in a team with a keeper in the top 6 and 5 other frontline bowlers from 7-11. Symonds would not be expected to bowl a full quota.
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Don't you feel Michael Bevan should be one of those sides?
Not at all.
So like I said then, a bits and pieces player. There’s so many better batsmen around then him it’s a joke to even consider him as one of the best middle order players ever.
He averaged 40 at a SR of over 90. He is literally the perfect guy to have come in with 10-15 overs left.
Post your team if you want and I’ll pick holes in it.
You could just ask me to stop poking holes in your team, and it will be done. Didn't think you would mind.
Kallis had a sr of 73 in the 1st innings whereas Bevan's was 80. And this is despite Kallis playing ODIs in the T20 era when scoring rates have shot up in a big way compared to the 90s.
I agree that JK sometimes struggled to accelerate the innings, but I think you are doing him a disservice in saying he 'batted for a draw'. I presume this is the game you are referring to?
I think it might have been a joke
Ponting used that game to get into SA's heads so well. Called Kallis a slow poke and SA a team that lacked aggression. Then in the semifinal, as if their sole purpose was to prove Ponting wrong their entire batting lineup, Kallis included, tried to score at 12 runs per over and got rolled for 150 odd. Top class mind games.
