It unfortunately cannot be adapted for Vince.
Good technique is not the be all and end all, plenty of aesthetically pleasing players have been heavily outscored by those who have a less than traditional technique, but have the requisite application and fortitude. It's easy to be suckered in by the assumption that a 'pretty' batsman is a better batsman. Who would you rather have in your team, Graeme Smith & Steve Smith or Ian Bell & Shaun Marsh?
It's more about what you've got between your ears than how nicely you hit a cover drive.
In the words of Graham Gooch, 'You're not a batsman, you're a run scorer'
Totally agree with this, there are many pleasing batsmen to watch and wonderful it is to see, there are just as many non pleasing ones who has scored thousands of test runs. Graeme smith spring to mind for one.
Root is great to watch and you can admire the others. I thought Malan showed lots of character and only come undone with high class bowling, Vince has lovely shots, really great to watch his offside play, quality bowlers just won't bowl it there it will be short of a length outside off at pace.
I know it's club cricket and I'm not a brilliant player but same principal applies, I faced Alex Tudor last season, 40 odd now with bad knees, after I got a couple of runs relatively easy he just bowled it a bit quicker short of a length outside off. When he took away the drive and the clip off the legs I was stuck. The higher level you go up the better the bowling is. club to county must be huge, county to test a Grand Canyon.
vince won't make it, I would have Malan at 3 when stokes comes back.
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