Halbrowne61
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Just don’t finish like Don, it consumed him and ultimately was the cause of his death.
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Halbrowne61
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And always with his trusty David Jones bag full of cash. Always a cash punter which probably says something about the source of his money ?
Jedi_Tiger
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the BBL looks a race in two, Stars and Hurricanes
Buttface
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He’s not wrong. When head was batting in the first innings I was talking with a mate and we were discussing the areas on the pitch where you would be bowling and as a batsman the balls you’re leaving. When the ball hit the pitch we both simultaneously said “Leave!!!” Obviously Trav couldn’t hear us over the TV, but we had only just pin pointed that delivery as Heads sucker ball. A bit to do with the pitch but mostly bcoz we knew Trav doesn’t have the patience and couldn’t help himself to such a delivery and the pitch would make it difficult to play early on if at all. Trav is not alone, just an easy target.
You can’t just blame the pitch, players must read the game their in, but you don’t suddenly get the shortest game in 130 years (uncovered pitches them days), for no reason. It was an error to leave the grass so long, but everyone knew it walking out there.
GNR4LIFE
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Damien Martyn has been placed in an induced coma suffering from meningitis
Thoughts with the Martyn family. First thing morning I heard about it but statements said no one would confirm the reason.
Must admit I felt slightly judgie now
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Buttface
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It’s not rocket science, the punter on the street can see it.
Halbrowne61
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Well, I remember being coached to build an innings, focus on initially playing straight in the arc between mid on and mid off, increasing momentum when appropriate by playing cuts and pulls, and taking due toll of any bad deliveries. And no wafting the bat outside off stump, shoulder arms and make the bowler bowl to you.
All sounds like basic, common sense, borne out of solid coaching in the nets.
But as I say so frequently these days, common sense , in everything, is in real short supply.
There’s probably a compromise between the new and old techniques but it doesn’t show itself very often.
Great post champion @Halbrowne61.
All your coaching mirrors just as I was encouraged to play the game.
(And we carried the principles of (1) a straight bat and (2) sometimes letting it go through to the keeper into our life too.)
Seriously, the basics of batting never change; the theory is not hard. The discipline only comes through practice. The flair that follows depends on the individual's ability.
I get so annoyed watching our country's best fail at the simplest of basics - playing straight, watching the ball, footwork, knowing when to play and when to let it pass - oh strike a light, I "suffer" the same annoyance watching our Wests Tigers too, and YES, I've never dropped a pass in front of the TV. 😉
Halbrowne61
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Perhaps TO, we should put ourselves forward as batting coaches for the Aussies - we could term our techniques HalOneBall
( pronounced Halony !!!).
happy_tiger
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You sound like Greg Chappell
Halbrowne61
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Or does Greg Chappell sound like me ?
Yes, I’ve heard him discuss similar things, especially playing the arc from mid off to
mid on but they were part of the batting basics for many years. HT.
No one had dibs on them !
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