23rd Feb 2017
Queenslander Renshaw Retired Ill ~ Jayant No Ball and Saha Flying Catch
Posted on the 23 February 2017 by Sampathkumar Sampath
The distance To Adelaide From Pune is: 9060 km and Matt Renshaw is a Queenslander !!
At Pune on day 1 of 1st Test, Australia scrambled to 256/9
(good as compared to 205/9). On a pitch so dry, it was a fast bowler who came
away with the richest haul. Umesh Yadav's combination of pace and reverse swing
fetched him four wickets. A sizeable
chunk of that total came off the blade of Matt Renshaw. The 20-year-old playing
his first Test away from home made 68 off 156 balls – and then there was
Michael Starc hitting all over the park.
Even before
a ball was bowled, Australia captain Steven Smith dropped a bombshell crying hoarse that the Pune track, was a rank turner. “I think it
will take spin from ball one. There are a couple of divots out of the wicket as
well,” Smith was quoted by the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’. He knows little of
history.
Gone are
the days, when Aussies touted that Perth was a green park and visitors would
fold within 2 sessions to their pace.
Remember what was written earlier -
a pacey man with unique action that put strains on his body and probably
his weak heart quickened his quitting process. He was touted to be capable of delivering
flat blows to the opposition – a promise he never fulfilled in his short career. Before the Perth test, when he was to be
unleashed against the weak Indians, there were talks of Indians tumbling to his
speed and perhaps getting all out in a session, if Ponting were to win the toss and put India
in. It is another thing that things
never went by the script and in Test no. 1862 – Border Gavaskar Trophy 34d Test
at Western Australia Cricket Association
Ground , Perth in Jan 2008 – India won
by handsome margin of 72 runs. Shaun
Tait bowled 13 overs conceding 59 runs and in the second essay bowled another 8
conceding 33 runs – more importantly went wicketless on a green top. Immediately after the Perth test, he walked
away from cricket citing physical and emotional exhaustion.
Did you notice that Australia has played two International matches at
two continents within 15 hrs 50 mins !!
Only recently they were playing at home against the visiting Sri
Lankans. Asela Gunaratne orchestrated a
remarkable heist to seal the T20 series for Sri Lanka – but the Aussies team
was different. Michael Klinger made international debut at the age of 36; .
Wicketkeeper Tim Paine was also picked, nearly six years after he last
represented Australia in any format, while the uncapped fast bowler Jhye
Richardson and allrounder Ashton Turner too were playing. A number of first-choice T20 players were
unavailable for this squad as they had flown to India for the Test Series.
Back home in Pune, Renshaw’s promising debut Test innings in India came to
a sudden halt when he left the field due to an upset stomach nearing lunch on
the first day. The setback had the potential to be a major setback for
Australia after they had made an encouraging start on a day one pitch that is
already showing signs of significant deterioration. The bizarre incident happened
after opener David Warner was bowled by Umesh Yadav for 38. The vice-captain
was followed off the field moments later by Renshaw, who left as captain Steve
Smith was making his way to the middle. Renshaw was replaced by Shaun Marsh,
leaving Australia with two new batsmen at the crease on a spinner's paradise.
Border
strongly believed Renshaw should have held out and waited until lunch to
relieve his upset stomach. Remember that it was Alan Border who was at the helm
in Chennai in 1986 when he famously told Dean Jones, who was ill and unbeaten
on 202, during a tea break "we'll get a Queenslander out here" if the
Victorian could not continue. Jones batted on. Matt Renshaw is a Queenslander !"I
hope he is lying on the table in there half dead. Otherwise as captain I would
not be happy," Border said on Fox Sports.
"I
don't think I've ever seen that before. He's obviously just got an upset
stomach to some degree and he was probably trying to use the situation where
David Warner had just been dismissed to race off the ground and go to the
toilet." .. .. .. Dean Jones who
was at the receiving end in that famous 1988 Tied test - tweeted about Border's comments.
23rd Feb 2017
23rd Feb 2017