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Posted November 30, 2014 21:49 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:29

Buffon II wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
Its the same thing I've asked for from McCullums batting.

McCullum is a match winner. I have absolutely no desire to see him radically change his game to someone who unnaturally grinds out reasonable scores on a regular basis. In the past 12 months he has scored two double centuries and one triple century*, all three innings being telling factors in us beating esteemed opposition, both home and away.

The likes of Williamson and Taylor, possibly Latham now too, are there to provide some solidity and a platform to our innings. McCullum is there to win us tests. Because he can make the difference in any innings, in any format too. That is why he is world class.

*I realise the 300 did not win us the test but it is possibly the greatest match saving innings of all time and did secure us a series win over a top 4 test side.

That's a fair argument. I can accept that. 

So you are saying that essentially, rather than be a world class batsman, he is more a world class match winner? If he is not winning the game, he is in the toilet? Bust and boom cycle?

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Buffon II wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
Its the same thing I've asked for from McCullums batting.

McCullum is a match winner. I have absolutely no desire to see him radically change his game to someone who unnaturally grinds out reasonable scores on a regular basis. In the past 12 months he has scored two double centuries and one triple century*, all three innings being telling factors in us beating esteemed opposition, both home and away.

The likes of Williamson and Taylor, possibly Latham now too, are there to provide some solidity and a platform to our innings. McCullum is there to win us tests. Because he can make the difference in any innings, in any format too. That is why he is world class.

*I realise the 300 did not win us the test but it is possibly the greatest match saving innings of all time and did secure us a series win over a top 4 test side.

That's a fair argument. I can accept that. 

So you are saying that essentially, rather than be a world class batsman, he is more a world class match winner? If he is not winning the game, he is in the toilet? Bust and boom cycle?