Robelinda
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So whats so special about him?
Australia tour of New Zealand 2010
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So whats so special about him?
Gurjot95
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Great comeback by NZ. I was enjoying every moment when Vettori was batting and I was actually supporting them even when they lost wickets quickly and match was looking impossible for them. But there was always hope till Vettori was in crease and he did a great job to make the match so close.
Congrats to Aussie though
Congrats to Aussie though
Yea may as well, can't go any worse than Broom and Franklin. Else take a punt and throw Williamson in the deep end.
Robelinda
International Coach
Not impressed with Clarke's odd innings, he is really finding it very hard to 'at least' turn the strike over, and he takes far too long to get set, the best he could possibly bat in a one dayer really isnt so great at this stage of his career. Seems to be at his best when he is chasing a target and approaches his innings "Bevan-style", where he just takes a back seat and evaluates later.
Really shouldn't be that hard to pace your innings whether you are chasing or setting a total, the way hes going he waste a few balls then gets out in the 20s or 30s. Hence why his past 3 years was so poor before this summer, average of under 30 or something and strike rate in the low 70s. Hes lucky we don't have anyone really putting their hand up not that he would be dropped anyway.
Robelinda
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Well there are probably a few guys who could do the job better than him, Bailey for one. No excuses though for Clarke, he knows the deal and is well aware of his slow going, but he doesnt seem overly concerned about it, he bloody well should, its not like he bats at 7 or 8, at number 4 he needs a better all round game. Could be the difference between setting 273 and 305.
TumTum
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Clarke IMO definetly does care about his slow scoring, he is disgusted with himself everytime he faces a few dot balls. But I think it is just because of his "perfect" technique, sometimes he should just play a few shots that are not "Test match quality" like drives that are pushing away from your body or sweep shots.
That really sums it up, before his Test batting was pretty average but his ODI batting was gun. Now its gone a full 360 and its the other way around. I don't really care if hes not getting the 4s, as long as hes scoring at a run a ball I'm not too fussed, even a SR of 80 will do as long as hes making a 50 and also there to hit out a few times.
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Broom should be playing FC cricket with Otago right now, not pissing around where he shouldn't be, he needs to keep up his FC form and try make it into the test team. Nathan McCullum better play over him in the next ODI... Oh, and I'm not minding Hopkins ATM, he seems to be in good form, unlike Franklin
Robelinda
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Clarke's style of play is just like Bevan around the time when he got eventually dumped - taking too many balls to get going and was close to useless when batting first. Well he has 12 months to get him game sorted because when he's the full time captain he will cop much more flak for his slow going.Clarke's
TumTum
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I think his role has also affected it. He considers himself as the anchor man and doesn't really look to score boundaries.
And the opposing captain knows he is looking to rotate strike (unless your from Pak or WI) and has more fielders in the circle.
He was awesome in the 2nd T20 match because he was looking to score boundaries.
This is the same problem Dravid had gotten into in ODIs. He was considered "the wall" and he played like it.
If he gets captain he'll never be dropped until the results start going down hill!
Problem for Clarke is when he starts trying to go to the boundary he gets out. No longer his natural game and going against that hardly works for players.
