Had Simon Katich been born in New Zealand his whole career would make more sense.
An intelligent man with permanent three day growth, a batting technique that is rough on the eyes, some years in the wilderness, a failed career as a wrist spinner, and someone who struggles to convert fittys into hundreds.
Katich is a perpetual struggler.
Even when he is going well.
His career would be perfect for New Zealand, in almost any era.
Without him on the first day of the test Australia would have collapsed for a far more embarrassing total. Again.
Katich is making a habit out of making runs when no one else in the Australian team does. He is like Michael Clarke if Michael Clarke’s technique was burnt in a vat of acid and he had to prove himself in every test.
In a team with one champion and a few great front runners, Katich sticks out.
The only other batsman Australia has who is willing to play ugly is his partner in grime, Michael Hussey.
Since the start of ’09 the Krab has been averaging a very solid 52 while making 3 hundreds and 10 fittys.
In his career, 12 times he has made between 75 and 99, only once was he not out. In that time he has only made 6 scores in the 20s.
These are all important stats. I am not sure what they mean, but whatever they mean, they mean a lot of it.
Katich averages 76 against the kiwis, maybe because he feels a deep spiritual bond with them.
This collapse has continued Australia’s run of getting bowled out at least once per series for less than 250, that run starts at the Bastard Monkey series of 07/08.
That deserves some applause. Ofcourse I could be wrong, I used all my research on Simon Katich.
Dictator Dan took wickets, but the rest of the media might mention that.
Say what you will, Kaddidsh is kult. There’s a video at Cricket Australia, in which he and Hussey interview each other, they look like eggs.
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Would you mind changing that to ‘at least once and frequently twice’? They really do take looking gormless to new heights on regular occasions. My favourite ploy is Brad Haddin’s sheer bloody mindedness in hitting the ball in the air as often as it takes to keep his average under 40.
Katich is my favourite player in the team, so what’s with the failed wrist spinner stuff? He’s got a feckin’ average under 30. How many opening batsmen have that?
We’d take him, but we’re packed with world-class talent from 1 through 11 and he’d just be carrying drinks and washing Dan’s jockeys…
It sounds like a great test match. Katich digging in and then Taylor hitting out. Only problem is that the idiots at Sky preferred West Indies-Zim to the NZ-Aus series. Fools.
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These are all important stats. I am not sure what they mean, but whatever they mean, they mean a lot of it.
Gold…
Since the bastard and the monkey were at it again yesterday, I’m curious, what does bastard mean in aborigini speak?
Jogesh, there are about 150 different languages, and Bhajji and Roy don’t speak any of them.
Straight From Brydon Cloverdales Plays of The Day
“After scoring New Zealand’s fastest Test hundred, Ross Taylor said the Seddon Park boundaries were so small that he’d back himself to mishit the ball and still clear it. There was no such confidence from Simon Katich, who had statisticians reaching for the record books again to find out whether the slowest fifties or centuries were in danger. He lifted his rate enough to avoid all such comparisons but he did make heavy work of his first few hours and didn’t strike a boundary until his 138th delivery. The first session, which was half an hour longer than usual due to lost time the previous day, featured 197 dot balls.”
Could only have been more krab like if he had got caught at leg slip on 99 to an innocuous Chris Martin lifter. But again scoring runs when Australia were looking a bit suspect. The grime kid hussey pitched in as well Jrod, did you make a deal with Lalit Modi for a cricketing crystal ball at a gypsy fair.