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Robin Smith 86 vs Australia 1993
Anay Berwer
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10/13/2024
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so the end of lathwell 28 for one
00:06
new batsman robin smith
00:10
just when it looked as though england were getting off to a reasonable start
00:16
and then merv hughes does it again
00:23
that's the sort of way he takes them on now hughes will look hughes will speak
00:30
with his eyes but he still spoke and the umpire well it's four well i think that was very
00:38
thoughtful bowling by merv, terrific short ball straight away to the batsman
00:44
i mean robin smith had to fetch that ball from outside of stump
00:47
again smith getting forward julian very disappointed but smith did get what looked
01:00
to be a reasonable stride in yes i think it's the stride that saved him a bit a first stride there
01:06
half a stride it looks as if he's got right forward i don't think he got that far
01:10
i think he stood got caught a bit you see that's just a sort of half stride
01:16
that's not robin smith at his best
01:22
that's two that julian has brought back into the right hander that's that's his great strength
01:31
and that's robin smith's great strength
01:41
so
01:58
yeah it's a cracking shot but poor delivery really on this sort of service look it's a
02:03
half volley wide half volley but it's right up there this is an experience by the bowler
02:11
so
02:23
that'll bring the 50 up
02:34
five fours for robin smith
02:35
yes lovely shot again very full length good stride by robin smith and plays it beautifully
02:47
graham gooch won the toss and there must have been some sort of doubt as to what he would have done
02:53
but he settled for batting and uh well if he can get through to lunch with no further damage then
03:00
it's been a good start for england
03:07
i don't see a much better square cut than that
03:14
well this was lovely timing by michael atherton he waited for the ball to turn
03:19
nice pace this pitch waited for it to turn
03:22
and then just cuffed it with his right hand it nearly got too far away from him actually
03:30
another crashing shot from robin smith from the upside
03:37
brendan julian needed to bowl the ball it went straight on and went across robin smith but it
03:42
was just short and gave him that room and he plays the square cut so powerfully
03:50
oh well bowled such an indeterminate shot from michael atherton
04:00
you see julian showing there is something there some movement there for the seamers
04:05
he hasn't quite the accuracy to keep the pressure on ball after ball
04:08
and that's what you've got to do on this type of pitch and the severe test now for robin smith
04:14
who is 29 not out
04:21
and the great ironic cheer is for smith who actually landed the middle of the bat on the ball
04:30
that's where you need to bowl and there's a big shout and it's being given out
04:38
that's the flight drags the batsman forward michael atherton goes success for shane warne
04:44
and england are 63 foot two
04:49
i don't think atherton looked too pleased about that
04:52
well it's certainly pad first but then did it go on to the back of the bat or something
04:57
towards cinnamon off very confident appeal but that's nothing to go by these days
05:05
77 minutes 49 balls two calls
05:13
aric stewart is the new batsman it's much more the position he
05:17
aric stewart is the new batsman it's much more the position he would like to bat
05:40
well i'm not sure he wasn't coming down the wicket anyway but
05:44
it turned happily into a full toss and it's what we've been saying
05:48
right throughout once england could establish some attacking grip on this uh leg spin bowling
05:56
until then they can't dictate
06:02
that's a good shot if anything warne has been a little bit short in the overseas bowl today
06:10
and on a slow green seamer in this kind you can't afford to be in position of being cut
06:17
or pulled
06:23
that's well bowled by hughes there's nothing in the pitch and yet
06:27
he's still able to have robin smith pushing defensively there and getting the ball away over
06:36
and wide of third slip
06:40
smith was a little fortunate here that he was on the way up as he was playing the ball the ball
06:45
i think bounced a bit higher than what he expected and because he was on the way up
06:49
he caught the shoulder of the bat and that helped to push it over the top of the slips
06:57
shot
07:12
brendan julian the fielder that's one of the reasons he's in the side he's an outstanding
07:15
fielder with them and there's a good reply
07:30
just a little bit of movement off the seam there and he just found a bit of a gap
07:46
the 21st half century in the test cricket and the birds are being dropped made 191 against
07:53
the australians in the county game and is back into the half century here
08:03
96 for two the man out lathwell who played some quite good shots there in his 20.
08:08
michael atherton out for 11. interesting dismissal athertons and pi barry may have
08:13
had to make up his mind if in this front on shot the ball has hit the pad and then gone onto the
08:17
bat that is difficult side on it looks as though the ball has got past the bat it may have hit the
08:25
pad then come back and hit the edge of the bat and flown to boone that's very difficult atherton
08:30
certainly looked surprised and he may well have been just a trifle unlucky one for 28 for hughes
08:37
none for 40 for julian and warn one for 21. we join play after the luncheon intervals the
08:44
second over three runs have been added and may is bowling to stewart
08:51
that's the hundred
09:08
a good rate of scoring over three and over
09:15
oh he meant that
09:19
this is an altogether different robin smith it's a different pitch
09:23
different circumstances and it has to be said a different approach
09:30
well he's now after the bowling he's down the pitch almost as it left in may's hand
09:34
and that's because his confidence is high with having a half century of runs behind his name
09:43
oh that was a better shot
09:46
top hand made that because uh that was one he could easily have clubbed straight to
09:52
extra cover just let the top hand lead it wide of him
09:58
21 runs have rattled up in what just 10 minutes since lunch
10:09
that is a beautifully placed shot
10:14
you will not see anything better than that for footwork
10:16
that's the footwork
10:23
yes lovely footwork down the pitch and just clips it into the gap
10:38
alex stewart
10:39
this will be interesting now to see how australia respond to this because it's the
10:48
first time england have batted first in this series and therefore haven't had the problem of
10:54
chasing a total
11:01
and shots like that it's just brilliance now and don't this crowd love it
11:10
so well before lunch brendan julian was a bowler just bowling the right slot for robin smith and
11:20
he's carried on he's bowling it much too straight so when it just offers to swing it hasn't really
11:25
swung much just offered to just drift in it drifts right into his legs and he just clips it away
11:31
beautifully
11:41
15-4 and hit just as hard as most of the others well it was a terrific shot he's actually moving
11:49
forward before the ball gets there look he's off he's off he's even waiting for it
11:55
he's so confident and positive now i think in his mind he really thinks that he can belt
12:02
brendan julian out of the attack
12:08
that's four more
12:17
too short and the bowlers will play all the time on this pitch
12:22
on this pitch well alex stewart will feel better for that but to be fair to shane warne he hasn't
12:28
bowled many bad deliveries in this series so far and for a late spinner he's been amazingly accurate
12:34
oh well he really will be upset at that stewart that spun a long way it was what did him
12:54
and warners got through again the over the wrist spinner the big spinner can do that sort of thing
13:00
batsman's eyes light up when they see something a bit offline a little bit short
13:05
and they give it some tremendous hammer but the extra spin the width of the spin and a bit of
13:11
extra bounce or a little bit of extra pace does the trick yes you see you have to go a long way
13:19
across there to hit that ball out and keep it down alex stewart with his feet more or less on
13:24
off stump and the ball almost on the return crease at the finish that's a long way to have to go across
13:38
graham gooch is the new man this is um a completely different situation for gooch
13:44
he didn't open today for some reason everyone says that lathwell has to bat at number one
13:50
in the lineup therefore the atherton gooch
13:53
opening partnership that's been so successful had to be broken
14:05
i'd have got a bit of an edge on that the shout was half going up although
14:11
on his left arm over the wicket hit him a very full length
14:15
oh must have been an inside edge otherwise
14:19
the shout would have continued the umpire might even have been shouting
14:24
so
14:35
with a nice stroke away down the ground
14:41
oh
14:48
and gooch repeating shot somewhere to robin smith not quite as powerful
14:59
oh wow what do you think of that that is the mark of a very very good young
15:06
one of the more brilliant catches you will ever see
15:12
yeah we saw two magnificent court and balls up at old trafford
15:16
but i think that was probably even better than those two it really was a full follow-through
15:20
pulling away it's gone back full length right well absolutely superb
15:26
magnificent athlete to take a catch like that
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