The Outsider Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Not sure how he managed to score so many runs in the Aussie domestics, but Steyn and Morkel are making him look like a joker with the short pitched stuff. He might still score runs like Waugh and Ganguly ended up doing, but watching him bat right now against fast short pitch stuff is in the league of Vikram Rathore and Debang Gandhi.
zubinpepsi Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 but Saffies are also giving him some freebies.. they give him width once a 4 and he spanks it to 4.. as u said.. he willl still score some runs....
The Outsider Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 South Africa are dishing out utter rubbish in the name of bowling right now - they make him look like a clown with good short pitched stuff and then spray it wide in the name of the fuller delivery. I bet he won't last more than 50 deliveries against a South African attack bowling and executing intelligently or even against the likes of Zaheer and Ishant. I had watched him in the Ford Ranger Cup and he had looked really good, but he is not test match class as of today. Even Harmison would fancy his chances against him.
EnterTheVoid Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 ^^ Geez, The guy is throw in the lions den. On the basis of two innings in his debut test against difficult bowling, to an extent at least, you discard him as a joker Give him a break
Mr. Wicket Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Bookmarked this thread to bump when he tons up soon. :)
SachDan Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Hughes resembles Kumble while negotiating short pitched stuff. So awkward to the eyes! If not for wayward South African bowling, he would have been back to the pavilion long back.He even gloved one to WK off a short ball for which SA didn't appeal.Seriously if Hughes is the best opener available in Australia atm, their batting woes may double quickly. No wonder why Australian selectors were hesitant to drop Hayden!
Sachinism Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Yeh he looked totally out of sorts against short bowling today Only if SA appealed for the glove down legside
The Outsider Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 Bookmarked this thread to bump when he tons up soon. :) He might ton up but in no way will his game against proper short pitched stuff go unnoticed in the cricketing world and if he does not improve on it(which might just mean leave those damn things alone) he'll be finished with and by the Ashes for a few years.
Mr. Wicket Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 I've watched him play the short ball in the past with plenty of assurance. Didn't see his knock yesterday, no idea what happened but it may have been anything from nerves to pressure to perform affecting his natural game. When he's on song, he's a pretty solid puller and cutter, and I wouldn't be too quick to write him off. You can't score runs in the Shield against some of the attacks he faced without being able to handle the short stuff.
Shane Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Infact i read on an article at Cricinfo, Horizontal batshots are his forte, the first innings shots was out of jittery nerves, he did ok today, his hoping defensive shots were kinda funny, never used to see an Aussie hop, but he put the bad ones away !!!
Sachinism Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 Got away with another caught behind today and was made to jump around some more
Mr. Wicket Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Bump again. Twin hundreds in just his second test at the ripe old age of 20. :adore: :adore:
zubinpepsi Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 bump.. swetabh...frm here on im jus gonna believe watever ur saying.. :--D :hail: SAF made him a hero by bowling utter trash to him...
The Outsider Posted July 3, 2009 Author Posted July 3, 2009 Even Harmison would fancy his chances against him. Lol! I should have bought a NY lottery ticket at the time instead of wasting my lucky charm on ICF.
Bradman99 Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 I still believe he will find a way to get past this. Im just glad the 2 wickets occured in this match, rather then the 1st Ashes.
King Tendulkar Posted July 3, 2009 Posted July 3, 2009 I dont rate him Got lucky start to carrer but will be exposed
ritwik Posted July 4, 2009 Posted July 4, 2009 I dont rate him Got lucky start to carrer but will be exposed Just curious, who are the active non-indian players you rate?
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