That review was a bit suspicious. Looked like less than 50% of the ball hitting leg stump so should’ve been umpires call no? Whoever is at the other end needs to just rotate the strike to Buttler while he’s in.
It's not a curse though. As I said during the IPL, batting second out there is a massive advantage. All the stats prove it. And it is an unfair one that can make anything between a 10% to 30% advantage to the team chasing.
But there is one other thing too. When I questioned last summer why we kept insisting on chasing when we won the toss, I was told that it was important that we did so in order to win those games against Sri Lanka. Well we are now trying to learn how to bat first when it really does matter.
Has it become a psychological hurdle now batting first?
It's not as much a psychological problem as it is a difficult one to combat in conditions that are totally foreign to those who struggle to time a ball. Also, we aren't as good a batting side as some people think we are because at least three of our top six have been badly struggling for form - namely Malan, Morgan and Livingstone. Buttler and Roy being so successful has masked that.
For that reason, I suggested at the outset that Moeen Ali should be batting where he was, a lot of the time for the winners of the IPL, in these conditions at 3. Now he's going to have to try and bomb a few late on in order to get us some ort of score
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
People describing him as an 'all-rounder' for captaincy is tragic
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
People describing him as an 'all-rounder' for captaincy is tragic
An "all rounder" is one who does two of three disciplines - bats, bowls or keeps. Being captain in bad form also makes it very hard to drop another batsman
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
People describing him as an 'all-rounder' for captaincy is tragic
An "all rounder" is one who does two of three disciplines - bats, bowls or keeps. Being captain in bad form also makes it very hard to drop another batsman
Don't even really like a wicket keeper being described as an all-rounder to be honest
I also think that Morgan is trying to take it to the last 5 overs simply because he doesn't trust those to come to not get out trying to launch it from the off in these conditions. And to be fair he knows about them as much as anyone else does. Issue is that he isn't rotating either
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
People describing him as an 'all-rounder' for captaincy is tragic
An "all rounder" is one who does two of three disciplines - bats, bowls or keeps. Being captain in bad form also makes it very hard to drop another batsman
Don't even really like a wicket keeper being described as an all-rounder to be honest
In the modern game (and especially white ball) you will not find a single keeper who isn't someone who can bat in the top six. Buttler, Bairstow, Billings etc etc and from the perspective of having a balanced side they have to be able to do both.
It is slightly different with red ball but gone are the days when any side had someone like Bob Taylor in it.
I couldn't give a toss about Malans world ranking. On current form he's a liability.
He's a damn sight better than Morgan. Not having the captaincy is that important. He could do it from the sidelines
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
People describing him as an 'all-rounder' for captaincy is tragic
An "all rounder" is one who does two of three disciplines - bats, bowls or keeps. Being captain in bad form also makes it very hard to drop another batsman
Don't even really like a wicket keeper being described as an all-rounder to be honest
In the modern game (and especially white ball) you will not find a single keeper who isn't someone who can bat in the top six. Buttler, Bairstow, Billings etc etc and from the perspective of having a balanced side they have to be able to do both.
It is slightly different with red ball but gone are the days when any side had someone like Bob Taylor in it.
Oh I completely agree with that, its the gloves that I don't see as the all-rounder bit, in the modern game they're batsman with the gloves
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On current form he's a liability.
But there is one other thing too. When I questioned last summer why we kept insisting on chasing when we won the toss, I was told that it was important that we did so in order to win those games against Sri Lanka. Well we are now trying to learn how to bat first when it really does matter.
It's not as much a psychological problem as it is a difficult one to combat in conditions that are totally foreign to those who struggle to time a ball. Also, we aren't as good a batting side as some people think we are because at least three of our top six have been badly struggling for form - namely Malan, Morgan and Livingstone. Buttler and Roy being so successful has masked that.
For that reason, I suggested at the outset that Moeen Ali should be batting where he was, a lot of the time for the winners of the IPL, in these conditions at 3. Now he's going to have to try and bomb a few late on in order to get us some ort of score
He averaged 11overall in the IPL and 7 in the UAE. I called him the Mike Brearley of T20 because of the fact his team did so well despite his awful form.
It is slightly different with red ball but gone are the days when any side had someone like Bob Taylor in it.