Awesome stuff.Pak domestic cricketers paying their respects. Got the pics from PakPassion.
Yeah the 'odd' aspects of his technique have so often been used to paint a picture of him, but the timing and aesthetics of a lot of his shots, like the ones you mention, are simply sublime. Was such a naturally gifted player.It's the two cover drives at the start of the SL 86 which are the ones for me. **** this ugly batsman bull****, he could play some incredible looking shots when he wanted to.
its really easy to do now, you just put gif before youtube in the url and follow your noseWould be amazing if some of our resident GIFfers could make good ones of some of the shots in those. Don't have to, ofc.
His ability to drive on the up like that was incredible, very few players can do that - certainly not that early in their innings anyway.It's the two cover drives at the start of the SL 86 which are the ones for me. **** this ugly batsman bull****, he could play some incredible looking shots when he wanted to.
Jesus Spark........I just bawled my eyes out all the way through that. Thank **** no one else is at home.I'm almost hesitant to post this one. CA tribute.
Brutal, but superbly written.One way people deal with tragic circumstances is to try to find reason for it. A 'cause and effect' theory that helps rationalise a situation that seems completely irrational. I've read about helmet designs, bouncer rules, batting techniques, even ambulance response times. In trying to comprehend how this could have happened, why this happened, people are examining these details.
But sadly in this instance, and why many of us are struggling, is that we just can't, and shouldn't, apportion any blame or reason to any one thing. Each time I think about it myself, it comes back to the simple fact that a high-speed, combative sport will always have the potential for accidents. Tragically, this was one of them.
Batsmen have been facing bouncers for decades, both with and without helmets. They have ducked and swayed, they have been hit, they have fended, they have hooked and pulled.
Think about the last day of cricket you played or watched - how many balls whizzed towards a batsman's head? And how many times did play go on the very next ball, danger averted? It is scary to think just how many. But not on Tuesday.
Yes they do.That said, everybody rolls differently I guess
All my cricket watching and playing life we've glorified extreme pace, bouncers and their danger to batsmen. Remember before the WACA Test in 08 pundits and fans making comments like "Get the ambulances ready were thrown out willy nilly. Interested to see if anyone says anything like that for a long long time.Yeah, even if the love for cricket comes back with time, the love for bouncers seems unlikely to come back AFAIC.