Rik E Boy wrote:Stumps wrote:Haddin was ridiculously loose early in his innings and sharma was far too good for him- may have got away with it today but if hes gonna be a long term number 7 he needs to tightnen up-
watsons was a good ball and wouldve got most out- he will get runs this series IMO - he is a quality batsman- im not so sure his bowling will be effective
Hang on. Haddin is a wicketkeeper. His job is to keep wickets. Watson for some strange reason is batting at number six. His job is to score runs. Haddin is not in the side to be a number seven batsman and if you are expecting him to be Adam Gilchrist that is just ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous is expecting him to be on top of his game when he first comes to the wicket.
Stumps attempted defensive shot has failed and his castle has been flattened by a good ball that 'would've got most out'.
Haddin (a wicketkeeper) 173 at 34.6
Watson (an 'allrounder') 83 at 16.6
Twice the average, twice the Cricketer.
regards,
REB
how much better is ponting than mcgrath then??
They are both allrounders BTW- and im not saying haddin is not a better player than watson - all im saying is haddin was very lucky to survive early and watson was unlucky and got a good one. I dont expect haddin to be gilchrist- but considering his talent- i think he needs to be tighter early in his innings- he played and missed at least helf a dozen times well ouside off
