Err, i saw Steve Waugh when he toured India in the mid 80s. Didn't have a lot of shots in his armory either. That being said, I will grant you that the first few times I saw Steve Waugh was in India in the mid 80s, vs WI in the late 80s and then his career from early 90s onwards.
For a btasman, unwilling is unable. There is a fine line between 'becoming more sedate in choice', ala Tendulkar, who still unfurled all the shots in the book (just more cautiously so) and never ever playing some shots, even at the cost of physical harm. The latter, cannot be anything but losing the ability to play those shots. Otherwise, it is assinine mindset from the batsman to never ever play a shot he is proficient at, even at the risk of physical harm or failing to maximise on the scoring opportunity.
He did not pull balls more than waist high.
Yeh, just the cover drive, cut shot, on drive, off drive, sweep shot, slog sweep, leg glance...
So your admitting that Waugh played a high risk, aggressive shot commonly?
What the hell point are you even trying to make?
That he was a limited batsman, if quite a successful one at a particular format.
Actually, I pretty much saw most of every series Steve Waugh played in...
I dont think you saw that series, based on your comments.
Limited how?
Did you see his first series in India ?
Limited in his repertoire of shots and thus, easier to tie down.
A simple but wrong one, which would be fair enough except he has proven several times he can't admit fault. Muloghonto is just another person convinced of his own superiority and that he has the answer to everything. This unfortunate affliction causes him to write with unrestrained arrogance and for several more paragraphs than the norm because he loves the sound of his own voice.
Omg are you actually implying that I am making Hutton's point and Amre is making yours? Until now I thought you obtuse. Now I'll have to add dishonest.
