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two man-of-the-match awards, stand about of a meter outside his crease to face Hazlewood. .... Hang on, he was supporting Bangladesh not long ago, the fickle fellow. .... Thank you Shahid Afridi, thanks for the 351 sixes, thanks for all the ... Their goal: stay in and get Pakistan as close to 250 as possible.
Recently I had the opportunity to commentate on the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match in Mirpur, Dhaka. As I wandered onto the field for my pre-match duties, I stumbled across a bat lying on the ground. It belonged to one of the Indian batsmen. I picked it up, out of curiosity, to check the weight and balance. I was taken aback by what I saw.
I have seen bats get bulkier over the years, but this one shocked me because the edges were the thickest I had ever seen on a cricket bat, and the bulge at the back the biggest. It was clear to see that this bat of 2014 was more bloated than the ones of 2012. Wandering around the ground, I realised that most bats were more or less similar. These were the bats of 2014. With every passing season, bats get bigger: bigger edges and bigger bulges behind the face.
So bats are getting more meaty; what's the big deal, you might ask. Batsmen are stronger, so they can carry heavy bats around more easily than you guys could.
True. But here's what's great about these modern bats: they are getting bulkier, but they are still light to pick up.
I think the weight of the bat is not so much an issue as much as the thickness of the edges and the swell at the back are. If bats got heavier as they got meatier, that would be fair because wielding a heavy bat, especially in T20 cricket, where you use the bat like a wand to play all those unorthodox, mind-boggling shots, is not ideal. So it would be a tough choice for a batsman to make: go for weight on the bat for the power, or choose versatility with a lighter bat?
Coming back to that Asia Cup match, I saw the dramatic effect of those bloated bats lying around the ground in that very game. Virat Kohli as India captain made a smart move to have his spinners bowl the death overs on a pitch that had turn. It all came down to the last over. Ten runs to get, with R Ashwin to bowl.
Bats these days are not quite as heavy as they might seem, given their girth Indranil Mukherjee / © AFP
As it turned out, Shahid Afridi hit two sixes to win the game for his team. That's what went into the record books: Afridi hits two sixes off Ashwin and Pakistan beat India in a nail-biter in the Asia Cup. But if you looked at it with a cricketing eye, here is what really happened. Ashwin bowled two good deliveries, on which Afridi mistimed two lofted shots. Both times the ball did not hit the middle of Afridi's bat - it was well away from the sweet spot - but it still sailed over the short boundaries. Those two sixes landed just a metre or two over the rope.
two man-of-the-match awards, stand about of a meter outside his crease to face Hazlewood. .... Hang on, he was supporting Bangladesh not long ago, the fickle fellow. .... Thank you Shahid Afridi, thanks for the 351 sixes, thanks for all the ... Their goal: stay in and get Pakistan as close to 250 as possible.
Recently I had the opportunity to commentate on the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match in Mirpur, Dhaka. As I wandered onto the field for my pre-match duties, I stumbled across a bat lying on the ground. It belonged to one of the Indian batsmen. I picked it up, out of curiosity, to check the weight and balance. I was taken aback by what I saw.
I have seen bats get bulkier over the years, but this one shocked me because the edges were the thickest I had ever seen on a cricket bat, and the bulge at the back the biggest. It was clear to see that this bat of 2014 was more bloated than the ones of 2012. Wandering around the ground, I realised that most bats were more or less similar. These were the bats of 2014. With every passing season, bats get bigger: bigger edges and bigger bulges behind the face.
So bats are getting more meaty; what's the big deal, you might ask. Batsmen are stronger, so they can carry heavy bats around more easily than you guys could.
True. But here's what's great about these modern bats: they are getting bulkier, but they are still light to pick up.
I think the weight of the bat is not so much an issue as much as the thickness of the edges and the swell at the back are. If bats got heavier as they got meatier, that would be fair because wielding a heavy bat, especially in T20 cricket, where you use the bat like a wand to play all those unorthodox, mind-boggling shots, is not ideal. So it would be a tough choice for a batsman to make: go for weight on the bat for the power, or choose versatility with a lighter bat?
Coming back to that Asia Cup match, I saw the dramatic effect of those bloated bats lying around the ground in that very game. Virat Kohli as India captain made a smart move to have his spinners bowl the death overs on a pitch that had turn. It all came down to the last over. Ten runs to get, with R Ashwin to bowl.
Bats these days are not quite as heavy as they might seem, given their girth Indranil Mukherjee / © AFP
As it turned out, Shahid Afridi hit two sixes to win the game for his team. That's what went into the record books: Afridi hits two sixes off Ashwin and Pakistan beat India in a nail-biter in the Asia Cup. But if you looked at it with a cricketing eye, here is what really happened. Ashwin bowled two good deliveries, on which Afridi mistimed two lofted shots. Both times the ball did not hit the middle of Afridi's bat - it was well away from the sweet spot - but it still sailed over the short boundaries. Those two sixes landed just a metre or two over the rope.