Pick your Batsmen vs Oz

Yeah but it is a 2 step procedure : Back AND ACROSS

he was missing the 1~2  step waltz : Back to the minor leagues for he !

Talking Cricket

                  'An opening partner is a bit like your brother'


Barry Richards, Justin Langer, Graeme Smith and Andrew Strauss on life at the top of the order


www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/864673

"If one batsman is good on the front foot and the other is good on the back foot

then it becomes very hard for the opposition to bowl at the pair"

Andrew Strauss

Who decides to take first strike ?

Barry Richards : It works better if you have a slightly older player in conjunction with a slightly younger player.

Take Gordon Greenidge . He came to Hampshire in 1970. By then I was an established player.

He fed off me and then he had his own growth. I told him, "You can take first ball."


Richards: I said to Gordon, "We will now share first strike", because the first time I offered it to him he took it.

His assumption when he came into the side was that he would not have the choice whether he wanted it or not.

It certainly gives the junior partner a certain confidence when the senior player gives the young guy the option.

He feels he has got to the big stage.

He gets a sense of belonging.

It not easy  ::LOL::