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England with a sweeper on the off-side. Pathetic defensive cricket
DisagreeThis is an interesting point, we do live in a time where longevity in sportsman generally is much more common than it was, but Smith has always been an huge anomaly in that his batting is so dominated by incredible hand-eye co-ordination rather than technique that his demise could be quick.
Obvs massive wishful-thinking from me, but a possibility.
Broad Anderson Robinson Vettori is so much better than Broad Anderson Robinson Moeen though. Either spinner would be the worst bowler and you really don’t want your worst bowler to have a massive E/R.It does signify though that both Vettori and Lyon had much better backing and were allowed to bowl much longer spells than Moeen who was under pressure of coming off after almost every over bowled.
Really ?Yeah..Nah...you've clearly not got your head around this!
Australia going all in at 2.4 an over , made that happenEngland with a sweeper on the off-side. Pathetic defensive cricket
I agree, he couldn’t spin the ballVettori was a really skilful bowler who played much of his career with a bad back that robbed him of the ability to really spin the ball
He also basically learned how to bat at test level
He is nowhere near as good as Viv Richards. Not even closeDisagree
Forget about everything that goes on beforehand, Smith is technically excellent at impact and much better than great eye players like Viv, Ponting and Warner
who doesn'tand he wants you to try going downtown on him.
I think this became a major talking point when Ponting declined and since then it just gets reapplied to every batsman that peaks similarly high.Smith is far less-reliant on hand-eye coordination than Warner, or Labuschagne, or Head or most Top-level cricketers. He almost always gets in a position where he's right over the line of the ball and playing it under his eyes. Him needing hand-eye coordination more than most is a myth that has never gone away and I think it's literally just because he walks across his stumps and plays straight balls to leg a lot
Steve Smith is pretty good. Viv Richards was a weak-gutted dog coward.He is nowhere near as good as Viv Richards. Not even close
Scoreboard never liesHe is nowhere near as good as Viv Richards. Not even close
I’d certainly never claim to be better than Richard (as opposed to Richards, who ****ing sucked)Oh good Thierry Henry talking about Viv Richards, after Richard the worst opinion on Cricketweb.
You for real? Why demonstrate your ignorance so clearly? Go away and read history on Viv Richards pleaseSteve Smith is pretty good. Viv Richards was a weak-gutted dog coward.
Amusing when you tell us KP is under-rated against Root who averages over 3 more for 3k more runs.Scoreboard never lies
Peak Viv is the best batsman I have ever seen but had a massive drop off when his physical gifts started to decline (plus he didn’t seem to give a **** about averages)