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Match Thread : India v/s New Zealand XI Practice Match at Hamilton


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12 minutes ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Just because they failed two times? Mayank Agarwal scored a double hundred in India few months ago and look how many low scores he had here. Gill made plenty of runs this tour and Shaw has been in good touch even in the ODIs. You cant score big in every game.

and there are no openers in domestics that can take their place? Is Ranji cricket so bereft of good players that you have to resort to 20 year olds?

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41 minutes ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Lara also had a high backlift. He did fine against swing.

you are making comparison with once in a lifetime batsman. how many high backlift players succeed against swing? sehwag certainly didn't.

 

also, Lara wasn't an opener.

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18 minutes ago, FischerTal said:

you are making comparison with once in a lifetime batsman. how many high backlift players succeed against swing? sehwag certainly didn't.

 

also, Lara wasn't an opener.

Graham Gooch was an opener for England with high backlift ( where the ball swings the most) and he was one of their most prolific batsmen. Smith dont have a copybook technique either and he is the number one batsman in Test these days. So you cant dismiss Prithvi Shaw unless he gets a few tours in SENA.

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55 minutes ago, FischerTal said:

and there are no openers in domestics that can take their place? Is Ranji cricket so bereft of good players that you have to resort to 20 year olds?

Prithvi Shaw debuted in Ranji when he was 17 years old and scored a century against Tamilnadu which is one of the strongest teams. His FC average out of 20 matches is 61.73 with 9 centuries. Abhimanyu Eswaran (who is another good opening prospect) has an average of 45 out of 60 matches in comparison. That should show him how good he was in Ranjis. Plus the players who played against him and selectors would be knowing how good he is more than the stats we keyboard-warrior fans see.

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13 minutes ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Prithvi Shaw debuted in Ranji when he was 17 years old and scored a century against Tamilnadu which is one of the strongest teams. His FC average out of 20 matches is 61.73 with 9 centuries. Abhimanyu Eswaran (who is another good opening prospect) has an average of 45 out of 60 matches in comparison. That should show him how good he was in Ranjis. Plus the players who played against him and selectors would be knowing how good he is more than the stats we keyboard-warrior fans see.

good, that means he has passed the Ranji test, but still dont think he's ready for international cricket. needs to play A tours before he gets the call for national team.

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29 minutes ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Graham Gooch was an opener for England with high backlift ( where the ball swings the most) and he was one of their most prolific batsmen. Smith dont have a copybook technique either and he is the number one batsman in Test these days. So you cant dismiss Prithvi Shaw unless he gets a few tours in SENA.

you are giving exceptions to the norm. most players who succeed against swing are those in the Dravid mould.

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