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Two-handed scoops, two-handed gestures
ESPNcricinfo staff
Apr 8, 2017, 9:24 AM
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Two-handed scoops
Short balls outside off fired in at 135 kph used to be square-cut blissfully for four. By those who cared about their jawlines, of course. What's that thing Jos Buttler pulled off against Rising Pune Supergiant? A premeditated scoop while ambling around his seventh stump, and the ball went crashing into the advertisement hoardings. A scoop delicate and perfect in its execution to make any cook - except his former captain, of course - beam with pride.
Short balls outside off fired in at 135 kph used to be square-cut blissfully for four. By those who cared about their jawlines, of course. What's that thing Jos Buttler pulled off against Rising Pune Supergiant? A premeditated scoop while ambling around his seventh stump, and the ball went crashing into the advertisement hoardings. A scoop delicate and perfect in its execution to make any cook - except his former captain, of course - beam with pride.
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