Silly how ? Not suicidal singles . Quick singles and getting off strike is a legitimate batting tactic . Warner is the senior batsmen and yes he should have employed that tactic to protect and blood a new test batsman especially in the first few overs . There is no "I" in team .
I'm not sure anyone is that good v the new ball and fresh world class bowlers. But sure Warner should have made sure Bancroft got off strike more. Seriously...
**** me. Ok grumpy you are clearly right.
Bradman once scored a triple ton. Bancroft should have just done that.
There is no point arguing with stupid.
Through out their whole careers and it's a tactic used by players and mentioned by commentators all the time , rotating the strike . It's a lot harder to get out if you are at the non strikers end . Simpsons two main things when he started coaching Aus was fielding and running between wickets especially taking quick singles
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Granted my only experience of Lawry is in the commentary box (or 12th man albums) but I’m surprised to hear ‘the corpse with pads on’ was a devotee of quick singles and rotating the strike.
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Believe it or not he was extremely fast between the wickets. He and Simmo had a great understanding when it came to running between the wickets. To see the opposite of this watch Graeme Wood in action
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Grumpy could you point out where Warner let Bancroft down by not running a quick single?
Could you also direct me to the time Lawry and Simpson ran 20 quick singles in the first 3.4 overs?
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I'd be satisfied if he could actually tell us the one day he saw them bat together live.
Unlikely it was against the windies.
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