tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post3730904050903359127..comments2024-03-16T08:40:32.311+00:00Comments on Different Shades of Green: Words of CautionBrian Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-91897564903287097592010-07-07T23:08:43.136+01:002010-07-07T23:08:43.136+01:00I wouldn't disagree that Napier was treated ha...I wouldn't disagree that Napier was treated harshly. <br /><br />Personally I wouldn't have picked him. But after England did, he deserved a game or two to show if he could cut it. Otherwise what was the point in picking him?<br /><br />My main point is that he played that one big innings and all of a sudden he was being portrayed as one of the best T20 players in the world.<br /><br />Thankfully the selectors seem to see past a one-off innings these days (unlike sections of the media), and look at players over a period of time and judge them on temperament, rather than one or two big innings played on small grounds off average bowling.Dean @ Cricket Betting Bloghttp://www.cricketbettingblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-22820497103281319422010-07-06T13:35:00.198+01:002010-07-06T13:35:00.198+01:00'Two' many games? Er, that should have re...'Two' many games? Er, that should have read 'too many games'.Brian Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-35845193572328919312010-07-06T13:33:59.296+01:002010-07-06T13:33:59.296+01:00Actually I think Napier was a bit roughly treated,...Actually I think Napier was a bit roughly treated, as, having been picked for the England squad in last year's T20, I think he deserved a game, although he probably wouldn't have pulled up any trees at that level.<br /><br />Most of the county T20 has passed me by this season - there have just been two many games and I'm usually still at work when they start - but I haven't noticed his name and I don't think he was playing in one of the only games I've seen much of, which was the one Essex won against Surrey with a brilliant hundred by Scott Styris.Brian Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10336241250446877498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30531601.post-17079135159910376192010-07-06T01:01:00.541+01:002010-07-06T01:01:00.541+01:00I most definately wouldn't be writing off Rick...I most definately wouldn't be writing off Ricky Ponting on the back of a few mistimed hooks.<br /><br />Also, not wishing to temp fate, but I'd be surprised to see Shaun Tait making much of an impact (if play at all) in the Ashes.<br /><br />I now believe the Aussies have pigeon holed Tait as a limited overs bolwer. <br /><br />They seem to be spreading their bowling around more these days, probably after all the injuries they have had lately.<br /><br />With regard to the media hype, I have to agree. I'll give you another recent example. <br /><br />Graham Napier, he hit all thoses sixes in a T20 game (on a ridiculously small ground) two years (or so) back, and the media immeadiately called for him to be included in all England's ODI teams.<br /><br />The Sky commentators would have had us believe he was the best T20 player in the world on the back of one over rated innings, what had he done before, or since?Dean @ Cricket Betting Bloghttp://www.cricketbettingblog.com/noreply@blogger.com