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Before the ball was out of the bowler's hand he was halfway down the pitch.


stueeeeps!!!!!

In reply to Casper

Shane Warne on Carl Hooper
Shane Warne on Hooper's ability to use his feet:

"During the 1995 series, this really nagged away at me, because I couldn't spot any of the usual clues even though I knew there had to be a sign that would give him away. On a number of occasions, I stopped at the point of delivery to see if he was giving anything away with his footwork. Most batsmen would be looking to get out of their ground at that point, whereas Hooper just stayed set. In the end, after watching him closely time after time, I managed to crack it. When he wanted to hit over the top, he just looked at me instead of tapping his crease as usual and looking down. Of course, my knowing what he was going to do did not always stop him from doing it." (From Shane Warne's Century: My Top 100 Test Cricketers).

In reply to Dukes

Shane was the most-genius of them all that i ever listened to...someone on commentary once said 'as he is walking in to bowl it's like you can hear his brain ticking' or something like that...that was such a picture of the way this man was thinking cricket

I have always said...bat & pad together, even if running up to cowlash/voop.
Daiz all.