Boycott had this to say after South Africa defeated England at Headingley.
This statement is significant because we too have a couple of batsmen who seem hell bent on playing the game in their own style regardless of the match situation.
Also. though Dhoni is not playing in the series, one thing attributed to him nowadays is his missing ability to take the bowlers by the scruff of their neck and dump them beyond the boundary. Personally, I do not hold it against Dhoni. I would consider his plodding as playing according to match situation.
So would you say, positive mental attitude be damned, a player should play according to the situation or should he play regardless of the situation.
By having such a positive mental attitude, England self-destruct toooften. The second innings was even more culpable than the first,because a number of batsmen — notably Tim Ambrose and Andrew Flintoff —managed to get themselves in and show patience for an hour or so butthen threw their wickets away.
This statement is significant because we too have a couple of batsmen who seem hell bent on playing the game in their own style regardless of the match situation.
Also. though Dhoni is not playing in the series, one thing attributed to him nowadays is his missing ability to take the bowlers by the scruff of their neck and dump them beyond the boundary. Personally, I do not hold it against Dhoni. I would consider his plodding as playing according to match situation.
So would you say, positive mental attitude be damned, a player should play according to the situation or should he play regardless of the situation.
4 comments:
every batsman cant be plodder and so is attacking...
it should be a good mixture...yo need some game breakers like sehwag...gilly etc...
the problem comes when either everybody is too positive or too conservative...
thats what eng did...all batsmen had a good look and then just wasted the start...
Pan,
The question how does a batsmen decide?
U cant blame Dhoni cos he has toned his game down to meet the teams deeds. As cappy he has to lead by example and in that respect he has my vote.
R,
Regarding Dhoni - My sentiments-exactly.
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