Leaving the ball
I say!
I read an excellent piece in a magazine today about cricket, written by Giles Coren. Giles knows his stuff! Here is what he wrote:
"In cricket, things should happen only occasionally. In my day, a batsman knew how to leave a ball. I used to travel the country to watch Chris Tavare bat all day without hearing once the irritating din of leather on willow"
Tavare was one of the best leavers of the ball. For those who don't understand the irony in the above extract, the point is that it is not necesary to actually play at a ball if its outside the off stump.
Here is a snap of 'The G' taken from the top of a skyscraper in Melbourne.
MM III
I read an excellent piece in a magazine today about cricket, written by Giles Coren. Giles knows his stuff! Here is what he wrote:
"In cricket, things should happen only occasionally. In my day, a batsman knew how to leave a ball. I used to travel the country to watch Chris Tavare bat all day without hearing once the irritating din of leather on willow"
Tavare was one of the best leavers of the ball. For those who don't understand the irony in the above extract, the point is that it is not necesary to actually play at a ball if its outside the off stump.
Here is a snap of 'The G' taken from the top of a skyscraper in Melbourne.
MM III
posted by zomba at 6:16 AM
3 Comments:
Mingin'! How can that possibly be interesting to watch? The boy throws the ball. It misses. The wicketer knows this. He does nothing. Everybody cheers! Is it a japanese game? Hotboy
...outside the off stump?????
I don't understand, but that is a gorgeous photo!
As you may know, the Aus government has made the MCG a listed historic building, on a par with Sydney Op House.
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