How Does T20 Batting Differ From Batting In Tests?

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Methink is  Haste ....hand eye remain the same.

BUT its all in the Mood : gotta have an aggressive intent from ball one.

No time to "leave"

even in the corridor of uncertainty

We use to call it swing and miss

What I think the article is trying to say is that good batsmen need to posses certain qualities like good eyesight, hand/eye coordination, judgment etc. The good test player will develop other qualities besides like patience and good decision-making skills such as when to play and when not to. Players like Gayle undoubtedly has great natural talent but probably didn't develop the qualities that make for a great test batsman like Ponting, Lara etc.

Rather interestingly, Kohli, Root and Williamson (the three best batsman across all three formats for the game according to Sangakkara ) all have similar boundary percentages this World Cup. 52% of Kohli's runs have been scored through boundaries, 55% for Williamson and 58% for Root. All three look to play conventional shots, are content to rotate the strike with ones and twos, but will punish bad balls for boundaries.

A few other notable boundary percentages this World Cup: Gayle 86%, Shazhad 78%, Guptill 77%, deKock 70%, Khawaja 70%, de Villiers 67%, Fletcher 64%, Amla 63%, Dilshan 62% and Buttler 61%.

Still alive are Gayle and Guptill !

the odda high percentagers have perished and on a Plane  :-[

Which of your named three has a Test triple Century ....... Twice ? 

Drivin' Lamborhini or drivin' Yugo...DAT da difference    ::LOL:: ::LOL::

I think the greats need to be consistent over long periods. I don't think Gayle has been that consistent. He is a good player but I wouldn't put him in the class of Ponting or Lara

Has Ponting ever scored a Triple ?

Lara , that 400

Gayle Twice , named his restaurant 333

zacaroni , no one can "consistently" score a TEST Triple century.  :-[