Machiavelli
Well-known member
A question. What's the difference between test and ODI cricket for batters. Obviously you have to be more patient but in ODI Roy was regularly making 50-100. How come he's struggling to get 20 in a test match, in theory couldn't he play like it's an ODI and score more than he is current?
Test cricket lasts for five days. If you bat first, you need to aim to bat for two days. You tire their bowlers out, and when you've done that, all of a sudden, it becomes easier to score runs. It's far less a test of technique as a test of temperament. You need to be disciplined and leave balls. You leave a ball that's outside your off stump and then the bowler's got to bowl another one. Continue, and they'll get tired. You play at a ball outside the off stump, and you might get a four, but you might also edge the ball to the slip cordon waiting to snaffle it up.