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Originally Posted by Jadukor
Okay i understand modern day cricket is far more attacking but how about batting for time? When we know we have sessions to survive to draw the test in the second innings. How about when opposition has purposely set an off side field and adopted a full offside length to encourage you to play shots and make a mistake? I remember Australia did this to Tendulkar in Australia under Ganguly... fed him balls outside off whole day and got him out caught behind twice. Next test he completely shelved those cut shot and only played balls on his body and legside and scored a double. Reading opposition strategy and countering them is the hallmark of a good player.

Keep preaching. That is what we need here and in the locker room.