The death of Phillip Hughes casts a terrible shadow over fast bowling. But without that duel between quick bowler and attacking batsman the game will lose much of its visceral appeal, says Daniel Brigham. Yet the hook was already becoming a rare beast at international level. If you fast-forward a couple of decades on from Richards’ mauling, when Adam Gilchrist, in 2006/07, came within one ball of equalling Richards’ record against England and when Misbah-ul-Haq equalled it in November against Australia, the hook was almost absent.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:00:01 +0000
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