The ZIM batsman are all compulsive sweepers. Just like Vusi and pulling. Hamilton, Raza, Williams, and Taylor are all equally culpable. And the number of times they get out playing the various varieties of sweeps (conventional paddle, slog, and reverse) + the number of chances they provide indicates to me that none of them play the shot very well. If you get 10 boundaries from sweeps, but offer 3 chances and twice get hit on the pads close to the stumps...thats not playing the sweep well.brmtaylor.com admin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:06 amIf you play shots like the one Taylor got out to you’re just opening up more chances for losing your wicket. Which is usually unnecessary in a test match but especially when you’re trying to save a game and there’s no possibility of a win. 110 off 400 would have been a lot more valuable than 110 off 194 but obviously not as entertaining.
Just look at Mushfiq as an example. The guy plays the sweep shot as well as anyone in world cricket because he plays it naturally, rarely premeditatedly. First 200 balls faced, hardly swept the ball, and if he did it was on merit. And he didn't try to be cute and reverse sweep it. Towards the end of his innings he started premeditating, tried a reverse sweep which was uppish, and generally looked foolish. But by that time he was already on 190 odd and had faced 400 plus deliveries.