Barring his runs in the second innings at Brisbane, when effectively the contest was done, I'm sure we would take his three other innings, both the scores he's made and more importantly the manner he's done it in. He's not exactly finding a way to score a total that hurts us to be fair, so I don't think that's necessarily a contradiction (or 'a bit backward').
That is what I mean, he hasn't hurt us in a first innings yet or scored outlandishly quickly to put us under the pump like he usually does. Scoring a 50 in a game that was all but over isn't really hurting us as we would have lost anyway. He may well come out all guns blazing at Perth but to me doesn't look in the same nick as he has in the past so probably won't.
He really did look good at Brisbane though. Okay, he wasn't smashing everything through wide mid-off for four, but the pitch didn't really let him do that, and he looked more settled and confident at the crease in other, more important ways. I still expect him to put up a big score or two in this series (and if he doesn't, that would almost be a first for a home summer)
Thanks for the clarification. That is ridiculous.
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