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Gethelred said:
If we're talking Smith, Dhoni got him - not last tour, the one before, when they played in Melbourne - by bowling wide of off, starving him of runs for 40 or so balls whilst setting a field to deny him of runs on the leg side (including a leg second slip) before having someone of reasonable pace come around the wicket, bounce him to make it look like they're going for his body, then give him one off his hip that looks like the bowler has stuffed their length up and he goes to flick it through backward square or fine leg and made the mistake of misjudging it straight to the leg slip. Worked twice in two innings. Have absolutely no idea why no-one ever tried it again.
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With regards to the Smith dismissal, said this a while ago...
 
Robbo's my hero said:
Kumar has extreme doubt and then he gave it out. :think:
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Had a good long think, got it right. Nothing wrong with having a good hard think.

What I'd like to know is what precisely was Paine thinking. He's effectively left a straightening ball at bail height on the stumps. He's proof of concept that there's more to batting than a pretty technique and a good eye, because his skills at concentration - at least, whilst batting - are absolutely putrid.
 
Warne knows his s**t about spin bowling, but what he's asking of Leach isn't bowling it's theatre. It's part of what set him apart as an entertainer rather than a bowler, an immaculate sense of the moment and when to pause and breathe, move the field a little, wait some more, then bowl. Sure, it got people out, but it brought the crowd in and shared the joke with them, as though they and he were the only ones not hypnotised.
 
Gethelred said:
Had a good long think, got it right. Nothing wrong with having a good hard think.

What I'd like to know is what precisely was Paine thinking. He's effectively left a straightening ball at bail height on the stumps. He's proof of concept that there's more to batting than a pretty technique and a good eye, because his skills at concentration - at least, whilst batting - are absolutely putrid.
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His concentration skills at time of the toss weren’t much good either.

Has butchered reviews all series consistently.
 
Just Kreuzing said:
His concentration skills at time of the toss weren’t much good either.

Has butchered reviews all series consistently.
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Mostly LBW's, and he's behind the batsman at the time.

I'm getting a little sick of how happy Australians are to blame a wicketkeeper for the failure of the umpire. How's about the bloke who's job it is to get the decisions right gets the decisions right, hmm?
 
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