Thread: Australia vs ICC World XI: match 1
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Old 05-10-2005, 10:09 AM in reply to flanflinger's post starting "True but with ODI's McGrath can't bowl..."
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Originally Posted by flanflinger
True... But with a Test batting average of 55 with 10 hundreds in just 59 innings, you can see that his natural hand-eye co-ordination you don't always need great footwork.
So long as the footwork is good enough to ensure you are well balanced and well positioned to play your chosen shot that's unarguable... but I'd love to see Sehwag play McGrath, Pollock, Simon Jones and the like on an uncovered wicket in England in May :-)