Kim Hughes has scored 88% of his career runs in tough batting conditions
Demons in the pitch? Freddie v Jason, no doubt
Inducting young players into the Indian XI would not in any way diminish the worth of the batting legends
Be it Vernon Philander, Pat Cummins or James Pattinson, Doug Bracewell or Umesh Yadav, pace has dominated in the most recent Test series, says Andrew Alderson, writing in the New Zealand Herald. Subsequently, in the age of Twenty20, batting techniques look brittle. Observations indicate pace bowling’s resurgence could be a trend; at least in places where grass grows willingly. Evidence of pace bowling dominance has come with the wickets taken in the last five series. In the first test of the Australia-India series, quick bowlers took 88 per cent of…
By Stuart John, Australia Can Ed Cowan make more out of his international career than his English namesake?
NEW DELHI: Pressure mounted on India s ageing cricket stars Saturday after their dismal batting performances on to
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Baum leads the tributes to Michael Clarke, who declared Australia’s innings when he was batting on 329. An innings such as this is by definition larger than life, yet consists of a repetition of life-sized acts: those glorious covers drives, that effortless easing to leg, the feather-light footwork against the off-spinner. One ball might have halted it. Ask Shaun Marsh, who faced only one, or Rahul Dravid, who last night was bowled an exceptional one by Ben Hilfenhaus. Yet Clarke outlived all of the…
Should have quit 30 runs before
The author takes in the sights in Cape Town during an England tour to South Africa
In 2011, only two batsmen scored more than 1000 runs in Tests, and there were several batting collapses. Ben Dorries, writing in the Courier Mail, says there is no excuse as things are still in favour of batsmen in modern cricket. They have more powerful bats, smaller boundaries and are favoured by bad light calls often when fans still have their sunglasses on in the stands. Batsmen get every advantage. Surely it is not too much to ask for them for put their head down and bat with the same…