Comments on: Slog of the Weekend: Aiden Markram v India

By: Hoopy

Hoopy — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:56:36 +0000

Stokes just made something happen, I’ve heard this about him before.

By: A Gareth

A Gareth — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:33:05 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. This is a tremendous comment.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:31:58 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. Rest assured that if it were to appear, it would be with a title every bit as pithy as that. In fact the inclusion of the second part does make it seem quite appealing.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:28:05 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. Excellent point well made, KC. Is a follow up series entitled “drop of the day / inevitably doomed attempts to save face in some hitherto undiscovered way” out of the question?

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:41:06 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. Oh lovely.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:20:50 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. Yes, although we tend to think that anyone who drops a chance feels so bowel-shudderingly awful about it that any reaction has to be seen as an inevitably doomed attempt to save face in some hitherto undiscovered way.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:09:14 +0000

Thank you, KC. Excellent slog reporting.

But the image that stayed in my head after the incident was not that of Ashwin’s disbelief/disquiet. It was Kohli’s slightly smug-looking shrug-it-off face:

https://staticc.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/10/76a34-16671388726373-1920.jpg

So very different from the angry Kohli face we’d have seen when he was captain if some other poor idiot messed up a catch:

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:47:24 +0000

Happy samhain to Sam Hain