Throwing a Katich amongst the pigeons
Just when Australia's selectors thought they could pencil in their Test batting order, Simon Katich has confused matters with 306 for New South Wales against Queensland, as Peter Roebuck reports in the Sydney Morning Herald .
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
Just when Australia's selectors thought they could pencil in their Test batting order, Simon Katich has confused matters with 306 for New South Wales against Queensland, as Peter Roebuck reports in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Katich damn near scored 200 in a session. Feats of this sort are not supposed to be possible in this era of athletic fielding, slower over rates and persistent seamers. It was all a reminder that cricket does not change all that much. It is still a battle between bat and ball. A long hop remains a long hop whether delivered by in 1929-30 by Pud Thurlow or in 2007 by Mitchell Johnson (who must at times have regretted leaving his plumber's round). A flat pitch is still a flat pitch. And capitulation is still capitulation.
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Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here