Should exclusivity be valued?

[TheJediBrah]

I’m left handed and opened the batting for decades, usually poorly. And very very occasionally I’d “bowl” left arm over, usually when the other mob were 2/360 or so.

And if you hit a right hander on the pads and appealed, the umpire would invariably say “you won’t get that from left arm over unless you’re swinging it back”, which once prompted me to say “you didn’t have a problem firing me last week off a right armer taking it across me, ****”. Got two games for that. Arseholes they are.

My experience is the opposite tbh. Umps look after left-handed batsmen, some of them refuse to give lbws and just always say "pitched outside leg"

 

[Burgey]

My experience is the opposite tbh. Umps look after left-handed batsmen, some of them refuse to give lbws and just always say "pitched outside leg"

Cos it always does

 

[The Sean]

Left handed batting and bowling also just look so much cooler tbh. Same with left footed footballers. Just somehow looks better.

There's only one foot ever described as cultured, and it ain't the right.

 

[Starfighter]

Left handed batting and bowling also just look so much cooler tbh. Same with left footed footballers. Just somehow looks better.

Bowling certainly doesn't. Left handers have cacky, horrible actions at a much greater rate.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bowling certainly doesn't. Left handers have cacky, horrible actions at a much greater rate.

They're just not quite right in every way

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Depends, if the left armers are Mullaly and Tufnell over Anderson and Swann then no. Got to look at the quality difference to see if variety is worth it.

 

[honestbharani]

Do you value exclusitivity while creating your atg Teams?

Is a left arm pacer or a spinner more valuable than a slightly better right arm pacer in an all right handed pace bowling line-up?

Likewise, is a left hander playing among an all right handed top six important to win a game even if you have a slightly better right hander on bench?

Yes to all.

Cricket, at the end of the day, is a game with so many variables that you cannot simply boil it down to numbers and find success. MSD's LO captaincy shows this perfectly IMO. He won titles with sides others wont even take past the first round.

 

[Coronis]

Yes to all.

Cricket, at the end of the day, is a game with so many variables that you cannot simply boil it down to numbers and find success. MSD's LO captaincy shows this perfectly IMO. He won titles with sides others wont even take past the first round.

How do u no

 

[honestbharani]

How do u no

 

[number11]

I think variation is quite important but not for its own sake. Both options have to be equally good.

 

[Nas207]

I think i would only consider this in a tiebreaker scenario. But then other things like funny names or personality are more important to me