+x+xtye hasn't exactly dominated this years 20-20 He has an econ rate of 8.06 which is ordinary since the average score has been about 140 He did go well in the JLT Cup tho. M: 6 | wkts: 18 | Ave: 16.16 | Ec: 5.33. impressive comeback after being dropped (I recall him being dropped?) Meanwhile I have a radical theory for how to stop England style batting Perhaps the problem is the bowling tactics are too conservative. When you are defending over 300 you should worry only about wickets not run rate because its easier to prevent someone scoring 300+ than it is to prevent someone going at 8 an over Think about it, even on a road it would be ludicrous for a team to try and score 6rpo in a test match reaching 300 at the first drinks break after lunch. Some teams are reaching 400 at the same drinks break when they probably would struggle to reach 400 batting after five sessions trying to optimize their score If someone attacks you in a test the right thing to do isn't to spread the field. That allows the batsmen easy singles so they can wait for the right ball to attack. The right thing to do is to have every fielder (in and out field) as part of a plan to get wickets rather than slow runs. Perhaps no matter how high the run rate you should always have slips and infielders in catching positions looking for a wicket. It would take some guts to implement mind you
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