The 3rd Ashes Test

[Dubbag]

I agree with you Dub,the points made by Yarm are spot on.

I think though that there’s still a place in cricket for good old fashioned resolve and stickability at certain times.

I remember reading about how the great Don Bradman use to train as a very young child. He would throw a golf ball against an uneven wall and bat it back with a single stump...not a bat a stump. His father use to say they could never get him in for tea or food...all they would hear is the continued sound of the bounce of the golf ball of the wall.
I think one day his mother went out annoyed that he had not come in when called...and she went to give him an ear full she was amazed to see him smacking the golf ball with full gusto against the wall and batting it back each time...never missing.
She ran back in, I believe and told her husband he will play for Australia
There is the basic skill in that sport...that they great Don trained himself to perfection.
Ronnie Wheelan use do the same when we were children growing up. He didn't just play football like the rest of us...he trained himself with a ball against a wall or anything he could find. He would kick a ball against a bus stop and react instantly to where it might go...
Basics are still important.........I like test matches...