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**Official** South Africa in England 2012

KungFu_Kallis

KungFu_Kallis

International 12th Man
grecian said:
oh right sorry:shy:, just read the article, it seems bizarre, saw your quotes and thought it was you, again I apologise, I've been drinking dammit don't judge me, and you were looking at my pint funny, spooning still on?
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Sure.. although I'm sure Shield would want to... he seems a good lad like that :wink:
 
uvelocity

uvelocity

International Coach
rvd619323 said:
a perceived weakness against the short ball
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I tend to take umbrage, not at you but at the prominence that this aspect of batsmanship is permeated through pundits' parlance.

I think if you were to ever have a weakness, playing short stuff would be one of the (admittedly uglier) less dangerous.

Far worse to nick to slip every innings, not move your feet and be regularly bowled or simply not having the mental side to knuckle down and bat without unnecessary risk for long periods.

Battling the short ball probably one of the less difficult things to get around with the leg side fielding rule. Steve Waugh did alright. Bevan was dudded due to this theory. Bairstow can be successful regardless.
 
Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
if ginger Johhny gets a ton here this is going to be among the top 20-25 hundreds of all time given the background, might rank even higher if England wins the game.
 
Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
uvelocity said:
I tend to take umbrage, not at you but at the prominence that this aspect of batsmanship is permeated through pundits' parlance.

I think if you were to ever have a weakness, playing short stuff would be one of the (admittedly uglier) less dangerous.

Far worse to nick to slip every innings, not move your feet and be regularly bowled or simply not having the mental side to knuckle down and bat without unnecessary risk for long periods.

Battling the short ball probably one of the less difficult things to get around with the leg side fielding rule. Steve Waugh did alright. Bevan was dudded due to this theory. Bairstow can be successful regardless.
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Nah its a bitch especially due to the effect that it can have on others area of your game such as your footwork etc ask Suresh Raina about it got him so pre occupied mentally that it effected his over all play.
 
flibbertyjibber

flibbertyjibber

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Xuhaib said:
if ginger Johhny gets a ton here this is going to be among the top 20-25 hundreds of all time given the background, might rank even higher if England wins the game.
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Could well be right, probably rank as a better one than the KP one a week ago that everyone raved about.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Nah, not really IMO. A good ton, but top 25? Not unless he does something crazy like score the next 100 runs batting to the tail to get England up to 350 or something.
 
uvelocity

uvelocity

International Coach
steyn walks funny. bobbles his upper body left and right. don't really know how to describe it. like a pendulum left to right
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
****'s sake. First ball with the new pill and Prior attempts a big drive at one that swung.

Bit of a look might've been judicious, eh?
 
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