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That seems like a really pointless statistic to me.. There seems to be too much stigma on the magical 100. Runs are runs.. Shouldn't the priority be to win the test at hand?And...right on queue, Watson blows another hundred and takes his tally to 9 scores between 80 and 100..
Bye bye Watson?
That seems like a really pointless statistic to me.. There seems to be too much stigma on the magical 100. Runs are runs.
Shouldn't the priority be to win the test at hand?
Classic example in the last test.. Mucking around waiting for Marsh to get his 100.. Runs himself out on 99 due to the pressure imposed on himself. Such a waste of time.. Bowling India out didn't seem a priority at all
4 wickets for Watson tomorrow
Not sure what you mean is more important? With batting I think you can only read into statistics so far. IMO, Players should cement their position in the team by their 'valuable contributions'. Marsh made his contribution with the runs - I don't think it needed to be validated by reaching 100. Batting in the second innings should be a selfless act - risk your wicket to score quick runs or declare short of a milestone to maximise time to bowl the other team out. Much more important.Personally, I was not that upset about the decision to bat on and give Marsh the opportunity to get the ton. We had already bagged this series (2 nil up) and there is an Ashes tour not too far away - which is far more important
No, the blame is definitely with Smith/Lehmann. Not as dissapointing as Smith's forfeit at the end.. Yes, I think forfeit is a better word than draw for that test. Even Dhoni was taken by surprise. We've developed such a great rivalry with India now, fighting for a series clean sweep was warranted..But if you're one of those that thought we let the Indians off the hook by not declaring sooner. That's fine, but you can't blame Shaun Marsh for the Steve Smith / Darren Lehmann decision to bat on.
Not sure what you mean is more important? With batting I think you can only read into statistics so far. IMO, Players should cement their position in the team by their 'valuable contributions'. Marsh made his contribution with the runs - I don't think it needed to be validated by reaching 100. Batting in the second innings should be a selfless act - risk your wicket to score quick runs or declare short of a milestone to maximise time to bowl the other team out. Much more important.
Not as dissapointing as Smith's forfeit at the end.. Yes, I think forfeit is a better word than draw for that test. Even Dhoni was taken by surprise. We've developed such a great rivalry with India now, fighting for a series clean sweep was warranted..
Besides, who do we replace him with?
Mike Atherton famously declared on Graeme Hick when he was 98* in an Ashes test.
Back in the 90s, early 2000s, we had the young prodigy in Ponting and Clarke and knew they were destined for great things. We had the consistent run machines (seriously too many to name) in first class that just couldn't get in the Test team...
Kholi out, batting collapse, Aus wins!
Lyon 5 wicket haul.
Strike 1
Here we go.....
an unbelievable knock by AB. smashed the WR for the fastest 100.
the fastest ever 150 was off 80 something balls by Shane Watson, AB was about to beat that record by like 40 balls but got out on 149.
AMAZING
That's crazy. They will be near impossible to beat in the world cup.