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[Eclipse]

lol

I must say I really like watching Martyn bat when he is in an agressive mood thats when he is at his best IMO batting like he did when he was young.

 

[age_master]

lol

I must say I really like watching Martyn bat when he is in an agressive mood thats when he is at his best IMO batting like he did when he was young.

martyn does not have agressive moods anymore, hasn't for a few years now, thats why i dont like watching him, apart from that he only has about 3 shots, all behind square on the off side



yes NSW players generally are good but i have nothing against WA's, hell, my favourite players from the west, well these days he is anyway, Gilchrist, Godwin and Hussey are also good

 

[Rik]

lol

I must say I really like watching Martyn bat when he is in an agressive mood thats when he is at his best IMO batting like he did when he was young.

Yes but that was when he got dropped for throwing his wicket away. See why he plays differently now?

 

[Eclipse]

No not entirley he changed his game alot after he was droped he used to be as explosive as gilly.

But when he first came back into the test & ODI team's he seemed to have found a medium between very agrressive and not recklesnes.

Look back to the last Ashes in England he was hardly slow at all back then that sort off aggresion is when he is playing his best.

His world cup knock was good as well.

 

[Eclipse]

martyn does not have agressive moods anymore, hasn't for a few years now, thats why i dont like watching him, apart from that he only has about 3 shots, all behind square on the off side



yes NSW players generally are good but i have nothing against WA's, hell, my favourite players from the west, well these days he is anyway, Gilchrist, Godwin and Hussey are also good

He has got alot more beleve me he just does not use most of them any more. he is starting to bring the pull shot back into his game witch is good because he plays it well.

I remember last year in South Africa he filcked a ball off his pads away for a big six of Nitini then later cracked one for six over cover a shot he still uses it was like the six he hit in the world cup.

 

[age_master]

yeah but england arn't teh 2nd best team in the world atm, it would be a much better test of his batting if we had played RSA, SRL (in test) pakistan or new zealand, perhaps especially new zealand cause that tests his skill in hitting the ball in area'sother than behind square

 

[age_master]

He has got alot more beleve me he just does not use most of them any more. he is starting to bring the pull shot back into his game witch is good because he plays it well.

I remember last year in South Africa he filcked a ball off his pads away for a big six of Nitini then later cracked one for six over cover a shot he still uses it was like the six he hit in the world cup.

bevan hooks far more than martyn pulls.....

 

[Rik]

No not entirley he changed his game alot after he was droped he used to be as explosive as gilly.

But when he first came back into the test & ODI team's he seemed to have found a medium between very agrressive and not recklesnes.

Look back to the last Ashes in England he was hardly slow at all back then that sort off aggresion is when he is playing his best.

His world cup knock was good as well.

I didn't say he was slow, although sometimes he does get bogged down. All I'm saying is that he has cut down the risks a la Steve Waugh, and he is benefitting from it. But being a natural back-foot player and playing most of his domestic cricket on the WACA, he will allways give a chance to gully. I did see him play a lot of shots when he was recalled to the Australian Test Side in England and he made that 100 at Edgebaston though

 

[Eclipse]

Yeah he was in great form during the Ashes in England I think he broke the recored for most runs ever on an Ashes tour all warm up games included of couse.

 

[marc71178]

I'd be very surprised if he did, bearing mind the number of games played back in the 30's and 40's and a certain Mr Bradman.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I expect that in five years' time someone who you've not heard of now will be in, or very close to, the First XI/XV.

 

[Rich2001]

Yeah he was in great form during the Ashes in England I think he broke the recored for most runs ever on an Ashes tour all warm up games included of couse.

Originally posted by Marc71178
I'd be very surprised if he did, bearing mind the number of games played back in the 30's and 40's and a certain Mr Bradman.

It might not have been a record, but it was certianly a fine tour....


First Class

Matches - 9
Inns - 14
NO - 5
Runs - 942
HS - 176*
Ave - 104.66
SR - 71.58
100's - 5
50's - 3

And an extra 219 runs @ 73.00 in the OD