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Once again a magnificent innings from Mr. Bevan.

Thank god he was sent in, and conserved his wicket for so long, thus preventing exposing our brittle middle order from the devious bowling of a full strength Namibian attack.

If there is one man that can protect our average batsman from a disatrous collapse, it is Mr Bevan. The man who has a job to do, and does it with extreme commitment.

Never before have I seen someone so selflessly give up their career figures and strike rate, to do a job for the team, keeping the makeshift middle order of Symonds and Lehmann away from the best of the Namibian bowling.

If only someone like Hayden could be so selfless and not get out playing rash strokes, the Aus team would be in far better shape.

The Namibians themselves could learn a lesson or two, their team run rate during their innings of 45, was well above Mr Bevan, and thus they had a disastrous collapse. Rash shots and attempted scoring by the minnow africans.

The Canadians on the other hand have a better grasp of things, scoring 150 from their alloted 50 overs. Still a little fast for Mr Bevan, and hence their disgraceful waste of 5 potential scores written in red ink on the score sheet.

Thankyou Michael, I should never have doubted you.
 
Michael Bevan needed to spend time at the crease after being out of the team for a month and he did that last night, all be it slowly making 17 off 42 balls.

He'll be better for having that innings under his belt.
 
Yeah we will be but i have noticed in the last year or two that he was been going slowing then usual. He needs to pick up his run rate, him and damien martyn are the ones who need to lift for the aussies to go all the way.
 
Coming in with the field up is not exactly tailor made for Bevan.He got some time out in the middle (nothing like it if you have played the game) in a game we were always going to win.
 

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hardly necessary to go for the slog when you know the namibians will struggle to get triple figures. he used it as much for batting practice as anything. it was his first innings this WC
 
Originally posted by Scarlett Pimp
He is so frustratingly boring to watch. He's more selfish than Augustus Gloop.
You would rather watch players throw there wickets away?Its very easy to throw the bat at the ball its alot harder to build an innings.If you have watched Bevan over the years you would realise that he has always been a slow starter but generally by the end of the innings his strike rate has risen dramatically as he works his twos and hits the odd boundary.
 
Originally posted by dogboy23
You would rather watch players throw there wickets away?Its very easy to throw the bat at the ball its alot harder to build an innings.If you have watched Bevan over the years you would realise that he has always been a slow starter but generally by the end of the innings his strike rate has risen dramatically as he works his twos and hits the odd boundary.

Yes. He's past his best, why can't you just accept it? A strike rate of 74 is so 1997. Gilchrist betters that in Tests.
 
Next time Bevan digs us out of trouble when our top order fails and helps Australia build a competitive target, I'll look back at this thread and laugh.
This thread is the result of a spoilt cricket supporter - spoilt by the fast paced, all action Hollywood blockbuster Die Hard batting of Gilchrist, Hayden and Ponting.
Sometimes, just sometimes Australia needs Driving Miss Daisy - rolling steady and conservative - Bevan is Miss Daisy's chaeffeur.
Yeah last night was a drag, but give him a break, it was his first bat.
I would be more concerned about Martyn than Bevan. Martyn holds up one end, often not rotating the strike and sometimes frustrating the batsman at the other end. His lack of flexibility and ingenuity when the line and length is right means he is unable to manipulate the game or the strike - unlike Bevan.
For Martyn it's either play crisp, lovely strokes and look a million $ or be stodgy when he can't get the ball away, save it for test cricket Damien. I'm not saying he's a bad player, he's just not a good one day player IMO. I'm sure others will disagree, as is their right. I hope he can prove me wrong about his one day cricket.
 
Originally posted by Dogwatcher
Next time Bevan digs us out of trouble when our top order fails and helps Australia build a competitive target, I'll look back at this thread and laugh.

How often has he done that recently?

Sometimes you have to act quickly when the decline is on the way and stop it going furhter before it becomes too late.

He is probably ok at the moment, but bot he and Martyn are on shanky ground IMO.
 

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Martyn is doing his job. Not everyone can be glory hunting. He anchors the side. and dont quote statistics at me. wait til the chips are down and see how he performs.
 
I think some of you need to go and join the local cricket club and find out what the games all about.He is not past his best at all.I dont particularly like him any more than I do any other player I just think he has alot to offer Australia as a cricketer (from the point of view of winning not entertaining you couch potatoes).
 
Originally posted by spring6
Martyn is doing his job. Not everyone can be glory hunting. He anchors the side. and dont quote statistics at me. wait til the chips are down and see how he performs.
if he,s going to play the "anchor" role[we have one too many in the side]then he has to learn to rotate the strike.very frustrating last night watching him hit it to a fieldsman 2 balls in a row on numerous occasions against a bowling attack that im sure even glen mcgrath would have had a chance of making a 50.
i find martyn very frustrating as i know he is/was a very good strokemaker.if he,s under instructions then maybe we should look at the coach if not then he shouldnt be in the side.

cheers!
 
Although I still think Martyn is more than doing his job it still concerns me that he doesnt play inside out over mid off/cover anymore.It used to be his best weapon in ODI.Whether its confidence or he has been told to tone it down I am not sure.
 
Originally posted by dogboy23
Although I still think Martyn is more than doing his job it still concerns me that he doesnt play inside out over mid off/cover anymore.It used to be his best weapon in ODI.Whether its confidence or he has been told to tone it down I am not sure.

Good call.
I accept that not everyone has to be a strokemaker, as I believe I have indicated.
However, Martyn struggles to play the one day game at this current time.
I agree that Martyn can play strokes, remember his return to the one day side in NZ several seasons ago, but he just isn't playing those at moment.
I dont believe that we have too many anchor role type players, but they need to seperated - Bevan and Martyn batting together is not good. I still maintain Bevan is better at playing the one day game(Martyn plays reasonable test cricket and def. better than Bevan could).
 

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Originally posted by Dogwatcher
Next time Bevan digs us out of trouble when our top order fails and helps Australia build a competitive target, I'll look back at this thread and laugh.

What about the next time we fall 15 runs short of an acheivable target because bevan cant hit past 6 runs and over, and refuses to throw his wicket away attempting to.
 
Has that ever occurred Grayham, or are you looking into the crystal ball? Do me a favour and name us an occasion we have fallen short because someone hasn't hit out (the previous was not meant to be antagonistic, it was a question to you).
In my experience, over the past few years when Australia has lost games, quite rarely at that, it has been a whole team collapse, I can't recall too many close losses.
The beauty of Bevan IMO is that he rotates the strike, theoretically allowing the batter at the other end to open up and hit six runs an over.
If the hitter gets out, theoretically you still have a settled batsman at the crease.
The only time Bevan is a problem is when he is batting with Martyn. That's when we struggle to get six an over.
 
Originally posted by Dogwatcher

The beauty of Bevan IMO is that he rotates the strike, theoretically allowing the batter at the other end to open up and hit six runs an over.
If the hitter gets out, theoretically you still have a settled batsman at the crease.
The only time Bevan is a problem is when he is batting with Martyn. That's when we struggle to get six an over.

In that case - get rid of Bevan and keep Martyn!

Why should every other batsmen in the team have to disregard their average and play attacking shots, while Beven leans on his bat up the other end and works the occasional single?

Michael Bevan plays for Michael Bevan - anyway, he's still a pea-heart who can't play a short ball. If he was any good he'd be playing test cricket!
 
Originally posted by dogboy23
You would rather watch players throw there wickets away?

He would not have done that against Namibia. You can afford to play some shots against their mediocre bowling attack. Bevan just made them look world class bowlers with his boring, defensive style. You would swear you were watching Test Cricket when he was batting. Here was a chance to really find some form and he didn't take it. If he couldn't do it against Namibia then who will he do it against?
 

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