One interesting stat for you cricket Stattos out there....... If Tredders had played instead of Jordan then all five England bowlers would have bowled right handed but batted.....left handed. #illgetmecoat
One interesting stat for you cricket States out there....... If Tredders had played instead of Jordan then all five England bowlers would have bowled right handed but batted.....left handed. #illgetmecoat
This is interesting. There's a school of thought that says if you are a naturally right handed person (or, to be more technical, 'Right Eye Dominant') then you ought to bat left handed in cricket (and vice versa). Your front arm is the more important arm and your line of sight is in a better position, apparently. I know David Gower used to be of this opinion and is an example of this in practice in test cricket. The thing is, when we first pick up a cricket bat, we automatically hold it on the dominant side of our body like we do with a tennis racket or golf club. Righties then naturally end up batting right handed and lefties left handed. The fact that five of our best bowlers bat with their 'wrong' hand maybe suggests that youngsters are being encouraged to bat the other way round to get the best out of them.
Yes as does Broad, Treders, Ali and Stokes. In fact, when we add Cook, Ballance and Lyth to that number we have the same number of left handers (eight) as right handers in the squad.
And yet, less than one per cent of all golfers, for example, are lefties.
I did try, when Seb was six or seven, to see how good he was batting left handed but, in truth, it wasn't that successful. Equally, his District coach suggested that Seb should play golf left handed. And when he came back to play cricket following a few golf lessons right handed I could see why - his back swing had moved from being aimed towards the slips to all the way round to fine leg!
The proliferation of left handers was a major factor in Swann's success with the ball.
Swann was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Ashes in England with 26 wickets, but in his Test career to that point, he had taken 118 wickets at 26 against left-handed batsmen compared to his 130 wickets at 33 against right-handed batsmen.
During the Ashes in England, as the number of left-handers in the Australian team decreased, Swann became less effective. In the first Test, Australia had six lefties, while in the second Test it was five. In those Test matches, Swann picked up 13 wickets at 22.07. While in the next three Tests, Australia respectively had four, three and three. In those matches Swann picked up 13 at 36
This is the God's honest truth - I fell asleep last night watching Cook and Trott bat and when I woke up the day's play had finished.
I could understand if The Snail had been at the crease ;-)
Yep, me too AA. I dont know whether i should admit it, but i changed channel to watch IPL .
Surely not. It was exciting stuff watching Cook and The Sloth blocking and pushing singles. Why would you want to watch players in the IPL smashing the ball into a packed crowd?
I'm a bit of a traditionalist and continue to defend test cricket as the real deal, but I lasted 15 minutes of England's innings last night. Not quite sure what test cricket does to position itself alongside 20-20 in this day and age where time and instant gratification are so important, but pitches like this and the penchant for picking three blockers at the top of the order are sure as s##t not the places to start.
Coaching has definitely moved on from the days when "the leave" was the best shot you could play. Now youngsters are being encouraged to, in the right circumstances, play the more extravagant shots like the scoop, ramp, Dilshan, reverse sweep, reverse pull, slog sweep etc etc.
Having said that, there will always be passages in play when the bowler will be on top and batsmen have to dig in. That's what makes Test cricket different. But it's not different when the intent of the likes of Cook and Trott is solely survival and occupation of the crease.
They are from that former era but if English cricket, both Test and ODI, is to progress then the likes of Hales and/or Ali should be at the top of the order and given a decent run at proving themselves. And by that I don't mean four or five matches. Otherwise, we will get what we've always got.
Coaching has definitely moved on from the days when "the leave" was the best shot you could play. Now youngsters are being encouraged to, in the right circumstances, play the more extravagant shots like the scoop, ramp, Dilshan, reverse sweep, reverse pull, slog sweep etc etc.
Having said that, there will always be passages in play when the bowler will be on top and batsmen have to dig in. That's what makes Test cricket different. But it's not different when the intent of the likes of Cook and Trott is solely survival and occupation of the crease.
They are from that former era but if English cricket, both Test and ODI, is to progress then the likes of Hales and/or Ali should be at the top of the order and given a decent run at proving themselves. And by that I don't mean four or five matches. Otherwise, we will get what we've always got.
If you're facing Mitchell Johnson at his best or going back in time Ambrose and Walsh on a green top or Holding, Marshall, Garner etc, then survival is entirely understandable, but on a slow pitch and against unthreatening bowling, a bit of intent would be nice.
It's the difference between Charlton starting cautiously against a good team like Watford, or against a poor team like Blackpool
I've seen it all now. A rank ball from the spinner down the leg side and the snail decides to leave it. Ramdin is so surprised the batsman doesn't whack it out of the ground that he makes no attempt to stop it and it goes for four byes!
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If Tredders had played instead of Jordan then all five England bowlers would have bowled right handed but batted.....left handed.
#illgetmecoat
The wickets in the Windies seem to be either death traps or dead as a Dodo.
There's a school of thought that says if you are a naturally right handed person (or, to be more technical, 'Right Eye Dominant') then you ought to bat left handed in cricket (and vice versa). Your front arm is the more important arm and your line of sight is in a better position, apparently. I know David Gower used to be of this opinion and is an example of this in practice in test cricket.
The thing is, when we first pick up a cricket bat, we automatically hold it on the dominant side of our body like we do with a tennis racket or golf club. Righties then naturally end up batting right handed and lefties left handed.
The fact that five of our best bowlers bat with their 'wrong' hand maybe suggests that youngsters are being encouraged to bat the other way round to get the best out of them.
And yet, less than one per cent of all golfers, for example, are lefties.
I did try, when Seb was six or seven, to see how good he was batting left handed but, in truth, it wasn't that successful. Equally, his District coach suggested that Seb should play golf left handed. And when he came back to play cricket following a few golf lessons right handed I could see why - his back swing had moved from being aimed towards the slips to all the way round to fine leg!
Swann was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Ashes in England with 26 wickets, but in his Test career to that point, he had taken 118 wickets at 26 against left-handed batsmen compared to his 130 wickets at 33 against right-handed batsmen.
During the Ashes in England, as the number of left-handers in the Australian team decreased, Swann became less effective. In the first Test, Australia had six lefties, while in the second Test it was five. In those Test matches, Swann picked up 13 wickets at 22.07. While in the next three Tests, Australia respectively had four, three and three. In those matches Swann picked up 13 at 36
I could understand if The Snail had been at the crease ;-)
I dont know whether i should admit it, but i changed channel to watch IPL .
i fear for test cricket if its played on pitches like this
Having said that, there will always be passages in play when the bowler will be on top and batsmen have to dig in. That's what makes Test cricket different. But it's not different when the intent of the likes of Cook and Trott is solely survival and occupation of the crease.
They are from that former era but if English cricket, both Test and ODI, is to progress then the likes of Hales and/or Ali should be at the top of the order and given a decent run at proving themselves. And by that I don't mean four or five matches. Otherwise, we will get what we've always got.
Cook 47* (133)
Trott 43* (115)
Cook 50 no.
It's the difference between Charlton starting cautiously against a good team like Watford, or against a poor team like Blackpool
Trott caught at slip off the spinner for 59.
Cook drags onto his stumps for 76
Bell also drags on, for 1.
Root gets to his 6th successive score of 50 plus in Tests off 69 balls.
Ballance 47* (120)
329-4
Root 86* (112)