h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
As far as the thread goes, Kohli = (Smith+Root)/2 or greater than (Smith+Williamson+Root)/3.
Deep down I'm sure they all value the stats, but as with most things, it's a sliding scale and I don't think it ranks very highly on Kohli's agenda.@arachnadouche I just feel captains know they have to always put the team first, make aggressive declarations and can't appear to be playing for personal milestones, but deep down they value them just as much.
There was no way Virat could have ever gone for the 300 last match without a million pundits unleashing on him from every direction but you can be damn sure he wanted it
That's my pointBit silly to say that when the bloke had gone full agricultural mode after 200.
I assume.you mean to alter the line and length to 5th stump or so?People are thinking the stokes comparison means you are suggesting a line down leg, which would basically just solve the problem of Bradman's average being an outlier.
Fmd. they tried it all series and it cost them literally hundreds. It's like saying Bradman had a weakness against leg spin because Hollies KO'ed him in his last innings with a wrong 'un. It's terrible logic. If teams want to bowl at Smith's hip then they're going to be chasing more leather than anyone thought it possible to humanly chase.
I firmly believe that once a batsman commits early to leg side while the bowler is about to deliver the ball(as Smith does with his trigger movement) he loses a bit of balance at the crease. For instance a lot of much better balanced batsmen like Gavaskar,Sachin,Border etc would have ducked into that Jofra Archer bouncer at least with a bit of difficulty but Smith couldn't because he was trapped cramping for room because of his awkward movement and there by being off balance. In that final dismissal of his for 23 too, Broad put in a bit more effort to bang it in a bit more higher and Smith couldn't keep the ball down because of his bit of off balance due to trigger movement.You realise teams have been trying that exact tactic against him regularly over the last 5 years right? And he still averages like 75 in that time?
So you just ignored what was explained to you by multiple people (the fact that the exact tactic you mention has been tried regularly without success) and repeated your shortsighted suggestion in a lot more words?I firmly believe that once a batsman commits early to leg side while the bowler is about to deliver the ball(as Smith does with his trigger movement) he loses a bit of balance at the crease. For instance a lot of much better balanced batsmen like Gavaskar,Sachin,Border etc would have ducked into that Jofra Archer bouncer at least with a bit of difficulty but Smith couldn't because he was trapped cramping for room because of his awkward movement and there by being off balance. In that final dismissal of his for 23 too, Broad put in a bit more effort to bang it in a bit more higher and Smith couldn't keep the ball down because of his bit of off balance due to trigger movement.
In both the above instances what actually happend was that once he committed to that trigger movement in advance , he couldn't adjust in accordance to the slightest bit of variation at the last minute from the bowler's side which other more orthodox great batsmen would have been able to handle with a bit of unease at least. This is the problem with Smith's technique as I perceive. So moving forward it would be interesting as to how rest of the word team analysts would be trying to counter him.
Any way Smith is a great batsman for sure and let us wait and watch.. would be a great spectacle...
I think Burgey has subsequently and indirectly answered your post. I agree Smith's movements made the Archer ball that struck him more dangerous than it otherwise would have been. From memory Cummins and then Siddle batted out that same Archer spell and played his short stuff very well. It gave me reason to think that maybe Smith's movements could make him vulnerable to shorter balls aimed around off stump. Couple of things: I still think the variable nature of that pitch contributed to Smith getting hit on the arm before he was eventually felled by the bouncer. (Wade also said that pitches without much bounce make it difficult for batsmen to avoid Archer's bumpers so maybe that played a part as well). I think Smith was rattled by that blow to the arm and he batted thereafter like an angry man bent on vengeance. This bravado made him more vulnerable to taking on a rapid ball he would have normally avoided if he was playing with a more level mind, imo. So you could claim that he may have avoided the bumper that hit him if wore an arm guard in the first place.I firmly believe that once a batsman commits early to leg side while the bowler is about to deliver the ball(as Smith does with his trigger movement) he loses a bit of balance at the crease. For instance a lot of much better balanced batsmen like Gavaskar,Sachin,Border etc would have ducked into that Jofra Archer bouncer at least with a bit of difficulty but Smith couldn't because he was trapped cramping for room because of his awkward movement and there by being off balance. In that final dismissal of his for 23 too, Broad put in a bit more effort to bang it in a bit more higher and Smith couldn't keep the ball down because of his bit of off balance due to trigger movement.
In both the above instances what actually happend was that once he committed to that trigger movement in advance , he couldn't adjust in accordance to the slightest bit of variation at the last minute from the bowler's side which other more orthodox great batsmen would have been able to handle with a bit of unease at least. This is the problem with Smith's technique as I perceive. So moving forward it would be interesting as to how rest of the word team analysts would be trying to counter him.
Any way Smith is a great batsman for sure and let us wait and watch.. would be a great spectacle...
Sorry. Was replying to mr_mister.That's my point
In large part because Hammond had a tendency to go big. iirc has one of the highest century to double century ratios in test history.It's kind of weird. We are all lauding Smith's far superior brilliance, yet he is only gettting to 7000 a handful of innings quicker than the next bunch of ATG contenders. Smith is not a shade on what Bradman was like. Just merely what Hammond was like.