Did the batsman do enough to ‘protect his wicket’ with the softest of hands, or do we take that away because of an usual deviation off of his foot & pitch to bring it back onto the wicket? Although, the bails over the last few years have proven to be too heavy - there has to be a better way, if they want to have lights in them, to bring them back to a more ‘traditional’ weight.”įair. “I’ve seen in grade cricket a batsman have such soft hands that when the ball did roll back (after some outrageous un-luck) and graze the stumps, the bails stayed on. “I’m torn on this,” says Brenden Fawkes in relation to my comment about automating bowled dismissals in games where zing balls and technology. With that heavy lifting complete, that there’s only one more run taken doesn’t matter too much. But Maxwell is determined to continue putting pressure on by hitting the first ball of the over to the boundary and does again here for the fifth time (by my count) through extra cover. Afghanistan have so many options, including five Mujeeb overs, which is unusual at this stage – he’s often done by over 30 or thereabouts. 28th over: Australia 145-7 (Maxwell 60, Cummins 7) Target 292.
