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[Gointocarlton]

The sweep shots are fine, and in fact very useful when conditions suit in India, but doing it mindlessly is the problem.

Some real naivety on display, not good enough from Smith, Cummins or other experienced players!

from the HS

“There’s a reason why many of India’s leading batsmen don’t bother with the sweep shot … they reckon it tastes like honey but drips with poison.

C lever though it looks, disruptive though it can be, they will tell you it generates more problems than it’s worth and if you question them further they explain it is a simple matter of geometry

If a deck is playing up and down (like Delhi) you can take variable bounce out of play with a vertical bat but if the bounce varies and you use a cross bat such as the sweep you tend to miss the ball.

Then guess what? You’re dead

Sounds simple but somehow Australia missed the memo.

A quarter of Australia’s wickets in this series have fallen to the sweep, the shot which produced the craziest Australian collapse this century as batsmen lost their collective nerve, swung wildly and left with faces redder than your standard tandoori chicken.

What a shambles.”