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    Posted: 20 January 2007 at 9:45pm
i dont no what all use think but graeme smith has been  out of form lately here is all his scores in ODI and test v India and Pakistan
 
 
1st test v India 5 and 10                    Average 37.83
2nd test v India 5 and 58
3rd test v India 94 and 55
 
2nd  ODI v India 1          
3rd  ODI v India 0                     Average 19.2 (4.25 not includin the 79)
4th ODI v India 0
5th ODI v india 79
20-20 v India 16
 
1st test v Pakistan 0 and 32     Average   17.5
2nd test v Pakistan 10 and 28
 
now i dont know wat use think but that is pretty poor getting 4 50s in 10 test match innings and 1 in 5 ODI's  and getting 10 or less 8 times and he is supposed to be a class opener.
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Who said he is class?

Aside from being a tool as a human being his technique (ha!) is non existent and all he does is try to bully the bowlers and when that fails - i.e. more often than not these days, so does he
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lmao! he is a tool
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Everyone has a bad series now and then......hopefully for his sake and his team's he will get back in touch in time for the world cup.
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ye hopefull for him
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Well, Smith has a lot of problems! He is not technically good. He just plants the front foot a bit down and it just stays there and when there is a good enough lenght ball for a defensive shot, he just nicks it. He is also prone to the ball swinging back into his leg stump! I does see ball to off drive and he carries them to mid on!
 
Technology is widely used and it's no surprise to see a lot of batsmen out of sorts of late. Their weakness is just at the door ready to be exploited!
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 Smith's strength is also his weakness. Scoring heavily through midwicket from day 1 of his international debut gave bowlers and captains food for thought.  Playing across the line is fraught with danger and bowlers have exploited this weakness by bowling straighter to him.
   When he misses now , he's usually right in front. Often left armers bowling over beat him with inswing and trap him infront , or the ball doesn't swing and he's caught behind the wicket! 
     He needs to play straighter , he needs to work on his offside driving and he needs to keep his mouth shut!
Mental disintegration works for me !!
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...and he needs to smile now and again
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LOL yes.....a smile is always good......And maybe lose some of the agression....!OR is that asking too much?? LOL
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Losing his aggression is asking too much! No mercy wins you cricket. Cricket is not a game to be played with softy emotions out on the field!
In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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True, but you don't want to be aggressive all the time. There's a balance to be struck.
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 Smith's public relations man has just signed up with Hammer Films !!
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Posts: 5230 		Post Options Post Options   Quote dips_december Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 January 2007 at 5:26am
Maybe if the form slum continues he needs to do a Ganguly...take a break .
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yea he look out of 4m but in sum mathces he has scored over 50 so all he needs is a confident boost
dont mess with us...... sana rulz
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Originally posted by spin wizard

Losing his aggression is asking too much! No mercy wins you cricket. Cricket is not a game to be played with softy emotions out on the field!
Yes I guess I agree with you to a certain extent...however....when there is too much agression it can be a bit unsportsmanly (if that's a word) I guess you would get my point though. Agression is good because it puts something extra in the game but you have to know how to control it and sometimes Smith just does not control it.....
Has anyone ever read "calling the shots" by Michael Vaughan???? Remember what he said about Smith.....the whole "witness" thing???
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