Off Topic Cricket 2019

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QPR999 said:
I know I know, but he has aspergers and is obsessed with batting. If he was English we would win but they've got him. I watched the masterclass with him during a session with Nassar Hussein and he's a completely humble bloke and if he wasn't a cricketer he would struggle in the real world. ( Probably ) Regardless, he's a world class cricketer. He's the one that England need to get out.
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Yep, he's high on the spectrum.
A really nice guy I believe.

Not sure the Sky commentators realise he's on the spectrum. Or if they do, they're choosing not to mention it (probably not politically correct!!).
 
QPR999 said:
I know I know, but he has aspergers and is obsessed with batting. If he was English we would win but they've got him. I watched the masterclass with him during a session with Nassar Hussein and he's a completely humble bloke and if he wasn't a cricketer he would struggle in the real world. ( Probably ) Regardless, he's a world class cricketer. He's the one that England need to get out.
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You're not going to make me like him.

We've got tickets for tomorrow now, £20 in the Compton Upper. Could be a good day if England can get a decent first innings lead.
 
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Smith is in an incredible run of form.
However, England have bowled poorly at him and set very bad fields to him.
We're so good at one day cricket, why haven't we tried a lot more variations on him?
Slower balls, yorkers etc. Upset his timing etc.
Instead we've just bowled to his strengths and set fields to let him off strike.
We're a poor test unit.
 
Stroller said:
Smith is an incredibly effective run-scoring machine, but he's absolutely horrible to watch. Plain ugly, and his bat-waving antics today were unworthy of a top player.
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I love his weird eccentricities when he's batting. A quality batsmen who also has textbook technique is also lovely to watch though but there's room for both.
 
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Frome-Ranger said:
I love his weird eccentricities when he's batting. A quality batsmen who also has textbook technique is also lovely to watch though but there's room for both.
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What is impressive about him is that, despite all his bizarre movements before the ball is delivered, he has so much time to play. His histrionic leaves are ridiculous, though. If I'd never seen him play, I wouldn't feel that I had missed much.
 
So good watching Archer bowl. Langer said they would tire him out, but he's bowling quicker now after 26 overs!

Now he's pinged Smith again.
 
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