Runs at 9, 10, 11?! (Test Cricket)

[ankitj]

This thread reminds me of my favourite cw complaint, moaning about a team's inability to dismiss a tail cheaply then under rating bowlers adept at skinning rabbits.

Moaning about inability to dismiss a tail is almost always a psychological response of fans. Much like ascribing mythical "clutch" ability to any decent performance in a world cup final/semi-final.

 

[FBU]

I was thinking the same. But I think the problem might be, and trying to phrase this properly... If the perception is that some are more adept at tail enders than the top order?

But I've believed that sometimes it is complacency and indiscipline that allows some of these runs. Sorry to again revert back to the recently concluded ashes, but there was a particular match when England went bouncer crazy and lost the plot.

and finally you get to the tail/bowlers Cummins 44, Starc 36, Murphy 34, in various matches

18 wickets taken by short balls/bouncers in the Lords Test. 504 short balls - most bowled in a Test match

 

[andruid]

Murali vs. Chris Martin as batsmen