Factors that affect batting in Tests

[Guest BossBhai]

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[vvvslaxman]

Factors that affect batting in Tests Someone who did not read the other 2 threads would throw up at this thread as it has bunch of disconnected sentences. Do we have to discuss the same subject in several threads?

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[The Outsider]

Instead of making all these hazaar polls, why don't you create one asking who is better Tendulkar or Bradman? That wouldn't suit your sophistry, would it?

[vvvslaxman]

What a convoluted poll question lol I am going to start a thread Which is bigger * 99 * 55

[Bradman99]

Why don't we start a pool with all the negatives that Bradman had in his time ? You seem obsessed with proving that Tendulkar is better than Bradman.. It can't be proven, I'm sorry.

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[Bradman99]

Got nothing to do with that ... just trying to assess the cricketing nouss of my fellow posters who I thought had good cricketing knowledge but now I have to re-think about that.

It seems like you are trying to prove that Tendulkar is better then Bradman. Why else would you make this poll ? Obviously these factors you have mentioned make it harder for a batsman.

[Lurker]

c) Make a dedicated sub forum a la Chit Chat for Sachin tendulkar where everything from his centuries to size of his underwear can be discussed.

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[Desi Cartman]

:WTF: happened here , I voted in this poll few hrs ago and now my vote has disappeared :nervous: Bhoot

[vvvslaxman]

I can suggest polls where you can earn 100% votes Who is the best batsman in history of cricket whose name starts with T ends with R in between he has the letter endulka. You will have unanimous vote

[gaurav92]

Yes i agree with many of your points BossBhai, i do think that playing a quality fast bowler/spinner do affect, because you know the ball will be a wicket taking one more often than not, unlike an "ordinary" bowler who will give some boundary balls to relieve the pressure off the batsman.So quality bowling does makes it harder for the batsman as they have play either a defnsive stroke to a good ball, or play an even better shot to get the desired result. On the other hand, Different countries off er different conditions, different pitches and also the entire climatic pattern is different when one goes from WI to NZ or any other country.So it does affect the batting, even the seaming conditions in England makes you to avoid certain shots that you would have played on Sub-Continental tracks.So it does add some more caution in the batting, it just examines the quality of the batsman of how can he adapt to different condition, and how he adjust his batting style and technique according to the conditions.So it also makes batting a tad difficult. The quality of fielding standards make a huge difference especially in Limited Overs Cricket, when a batsman plays a good stroke, and a fielder stops that ball with a diving effort, a brilliant stop, and saves a boundary for the side, the morale of the bowler is lifted while batsman feels a lil dissapointed that even after playing a perfect stroke in the gap, he is debarred from getting a boundary due to an extraordinary fielding effort.This is always in the back of the mind of batsman, and may force him to change the shot, perhaps play it much finer or squarer, depending on the ball he gets. Reverse Swing is a little difficult to handle as the ball moves in late and it takes a very good eye and hand cordination to combat it.A batsman into the shot early cant handle reverse swing where as a batsman who plays his stroke a lil late, finds it more easy to play reverse swing as he watches the deflection of the ball after pitching in front of him. But i dont agree with the Umpire's point.Its notalways that you see umpires giving decision in favour of the bowler, and if he is out, he definitely should be given out, and many times you see that plumb LBW decisions go unnoticed by the umpires and they turn down the appeal.And i also dont agree with the change of Formats, for me, a good batsman of Inernatinal standard must adapt to every format he plays, he must not any other format take over his batting style, See Sachin,gambhir for example, he plays all the three formats, and he plays them quite beautifully, and he adapts to the formats pretty well. So all in all, many of your highlighted points are possibly affecting the batting trend but some of it dont really affect it much.

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[Roshanrocks]

Bossbhai , all the points are valid in the first post... and i have voted for it... but can i ask you if u checked the link i had given you... about the wrong dismissals... how many of them are true any idea?

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[zen]

this thread reminds me of the term 'desperate measures' :hysterical:

[Sachinism]

c) Make a dedicated sub forum a la Chit Chat for Sachin tendulkar where everything from his centuries to size of his underwear can be discussed.

eagerly awaiting

[fineleg]

c) Make a dedicated sub forum a la Chit Chat for Sachin tendulkar where everything from his centuries to size of his underwear can be discussed.

Lurker, The subforum exists - indiancricketfans.com :D