4.1 Zaheer to de Villiers, no run, good length delivery angling away from
the right hander, de Villiers goes on the backfoot and looks to flick it away,
closes the face of the bat very early, gets a leading edge and Sachin Tendulkar
takes a stunning catch at 1st slip, they are celebrating but Aleem dar says not
out!!! This has to be the poorest decision by an umpire I have ever seen... That
was a regulation nick!!!
4.2 Zaheer to de Villiers, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps,
de Villiers goes on the backfoot and pulls it away, in the air and straight to
the fielder at short mid wicket, he is DROPPED Gambhir has put him down
At this stage, the batsman is unsure of what to expect next. The reprieve may have given him a new lease of life , but I am not sure he is convinced of either his technique or batsmanship. So what does India do next?
4.3 Zaheer to de Villiers, FOUR!!, short of length delivery on the off, de
Villiers goes on the backfoot and pulls it away to deep mid wicket, that is
insult to injury!!!
When you have the batsman where you want him, unsure of himself, why is it that time and time again, we give him a get out of jail card with compliments?
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I don't think he got "get out of jail" cards.... he was basically looking to score off each of those deliveries.
Its just one of those things.
Well, the first decesion was a shocker, I mean the ball went to the first slip for goodness sake.
The dropped catch was worse, Now after this the batsman might be unsure but do spare a thought for the bowler as well. Zaheer must also be thinking - what the hell to i need to do to get sumthing in the last column.
Kartikeya,
The problem was that we tend to over try when things are not going our way instead of doing what has been working all along.
And this is not a one off either.
And thats the problem smart alec..
The "problem" is that Zak's human ...
Sfx,
If that is the argument then all criticism, well intentioned or otherwise is void - everything can be explained away as human frailty.
Time and time again, when things are going pear shaped, Indian bowlers have a tendency to over compensate. And in doing so, ease the pressure off of the batsman.
But they are human, so anything goes.
Homer,
With due respect, if one does indeed generalise undoubtedly well intentioned criticism, then I would argue that yes, it can be explained away with a generalisation of human frailty.
So for instance, if a bowler gets a guy out once and doesnt get a decision - and then gets a batsman to commit a mistake and doesnt get the catch taken - and then bowls a delivery on off which gets pulled across midwicket and we say "time and again we give a get out of jail card with compliments" then I would say , thats a (harsh)generalisation of criticism and that its easy to say what the critic is saying and far tougher to keep one's cool while bowling in a crunch game.
So impartially speaking. I would defend the bowler rather than the critic.
we are increasingly becoming patient of paralysis by analysis syndrome.
if there wont be these human instances then all team will be all out by 30-40 score and no match will be won by batting first team.
lets not forget that the people playing over there are humans like us and they do feel emotions like we feel of enjoyment and frustration alike... not some aliens coming from where every thing every move is perfect like hell...
i agree with SFX here that what a bowler will do if the umpire is turning blind and fielder is having grease in thier hands while all batsman is doing or looking for is to throw his bat on everything to come out of suffocation created by same set of bowlers!!
this is what i (also) feel IMHO mate!!
homer..... thats precisely the point. Thats why Zaheer Khan is not Glenn McGrath. Its the difference between averaging 21 and 28 in ODI cricket. It the difference between an economy rate of 3.8 and 4.8. Its why we lose or fail to win because of the less classy side of our cricket (bowling & fielding) - and not the more classy side of our cricket (batting).
Sfx is write i think - Zaheer is human and thats all there is to it. You can't really criticize Zaheer for not being McGrath.
And you may argue that it is about doing "the simple things right" - these are not simple things. The simple things are the most difficult ones to get right - thats why theres only one McGrath.
Sfx, Straight Point, Kartikeya,
I may be out of line with Zaheer Khan and this one instance, but Indian bowlers have a tendency of losing the plot more often than not.
If things are not going their way, there is a tendency to overcompensate and try something different.
And even in Zak's case, dropping the third ball short on a wicket that had something in it appears to me to be overcompensation
Homer,
Honest opinion is that its really tough analysing these short term things. You're probably right about teams with say a 50% win %age "losing the plot" while the mcgrath type "70% success teams" lose it less.
What about de Villiers then? It was 10 for 2-ish with Gibbs at the other end . He's the beneficiary of a umpiring howler, then a dropped chance the next delivery, tonks the next ball from off to mid wicket for 4 - this is in the 5th over - and finally gets out in the 13th over for 15 to make it 28-3 ? How's his report card ?
When do you go for the kill? When do you pace yourself? Whats the other guy least expecting? Thats the beauty of the sport ...
We can analyse all we like...
I'm not saying you or anyone else is wrong. Even in this instance. I don't think there is any such thing as wrong. But at the end of the day, its still a game of cricket like the kind you and i play.
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