tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post2646339873109362842..comments2024-03-29T01:10:34.095-07:00Comments on The Old Batsman: KP: Lap of the godsThe Old Batsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-44724315199203871162011-08-21T22:16:41.786-07:002011-08-21T22:16:41.786-07:00best test batsman in the game now is Rahul Dravid ...best test batsman in the game now is Rahul Dravid batting like a god against this England attackGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981851088587701416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-3864632030103727402011-08-21T16:32:44.866-07:002011-08-21T16:32:44.866-07:00Well done site-very interesting/informative..Intri...Well done site-very interesting/informative..Intriguing<br /><br />Travel Safe- WORLD TRAVEL UPDATES-FOREIGN TRAVEL GUIDE:<br /><br />http://www.travelaskthelocals.yolasite.com<br /><br />(Feel free to post on our forum)dburlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13309078395817045183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-81517218568377448212011-08-20T23:59:02.981-07:002011-08-20T23:59:02.981-07:00I'm glad someone brought up Pietersen's ap...I'm glad someone brought up Pietersen's approach to Sharma. Pietersen hit 29 runs off 41 balls on the leg-side alone off Sharma, mostly batting two yards down the track and a foot outside off. And India let him.<br /><br />A leg slip, sure, but no yorkers, no coming closer to the stumps (Sharma's pitch map is uniformly well outside off, and hence no lbw was in play), no slower leg breaks, no keeper up to the stumps...<br /><br />It is a fundamental part of bowling that you need to make a batsman take risks to score runs, and Sharma let KP put himself in a position where even those inside edges and mishits were low risk. It really was terrible cricket.Russhttp://idlesummers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-86367633299278168162011-08-20T23:35:03.322-07:002011-08-20T23:35:03.322-07:00When he executed the switch hit I gasped then blur...When he executed the switch hit I gasped then blurted out to Janet, engrossed in sudoku, "Look at that! When he bats like this he's the best batsman in the world - by a mile." "Yes, I suppose so." came the reply. Then I thought: 'by a mile'? No! Bell, playing like this, is the best batsman in the world. He's got it all. But that bowling! Perhaps there's need to wait for another day, another place, another attack, before getting carried away by switch hits and glorious straight hits for six.John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-33236722829343517162011-08-20T06:49:05.664-07:002011-08-20T06:49:05.664-07:00I should clarify the oaf comment - there was a spe...I should clarify the oaf comment - there was a spell when he was walking across to Ishant when he kept mishitting - inside edges the lot, and Bell was middling everything. Later in the day he was majestic.The Old Batsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-81614982891742532352011-08-20T06:41:33.785-07:002011-08-20T06:41:33.785-07:00P.S.
Oaf = best word in the English language.P.S.<br /><br />Oaf = best word in the English language.Tim Newmanhttp://www.desertsun.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-68409044189147742942011-08-20T06:40:25.890-07:002011-08-20T06:40:25.890-07:00That 85 against SL was an extraordinary innings. ...That 85 against SL was an extraordinary innings. He was clearly uncomfortable but dug his way to 15, then 20, and so on, the determination written right across his face. Had it been a film, you would have seen the Devil which possessed him scream and leave his body when he passed his 50. That was the closest an innings gets to an exorcism. I was delighted.Tim Newmanhttp://www.desertsun.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-32652664468083890082011-08-20T06:06:22.530-07:002011-08-20T06:06:22.530-07:00The wheel has to turn, indeed.
Simon Barnes has a...The wheel has to turn, indeed.<br /><br />Simon Barnes has a piece in today's Times about how Bell and Pietersen have swapped a bit of each other's humility and arrogance, hence massive runs. Neat but oversimplified. And hard to draw sweeping conclusions as this Indian attack is flattered by 'popgun'. Honestly, a nation of a billion cricket nuts and they're reduced to RP Singh, a chubby real estate salesman?<br /><br />KP was always a very clever batsman. I saw his first one-day innings for England at Bristol, when he singlehandedly beat the Aussies in that great summer of 05. He timed it with great maturity, nudging then accelerating with perfection. No oaf, he.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-59573215035311714672011-08-20T04:13:18.788-07:002011-08-20T04:13:18.788-07:00Really interesting to see his comments on a couple...Really interesting to see his comments on a couple of his shots at close of play - things normal cricketers look at as free-wheeling risk-taking, KP was looking at as something he'd analysed and saw as a completely risk-free enterprise. I think a lot of the time we underestimate how clever he is because he can, as you say, look like an oaf.tai hakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295682681054506388noreply@blogger.com