Published: Jan 14, 2015, 07:08 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 14, 2015, 07:08 PM (IST)
The Twenty20 format has helped the game of cricket evolve and with time, we are not just witnessing improvising strokes but also some unseen approaches in stance.
We know of the leg-stump guard or middle-stump, but what do we call the Grant Elliott’s ‘guard’ from this particular encounter?
Andrew Ellis, who has played 15 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), plays for Canterbury in the Georgie Pie Super Smash Twenty20 tournament 2014.
During a match against Wellington, the batsmen of the opposition team, decided to form an unusual batting stance to counter Ellis’s bowling. Elliott decided to stand way outside the off-stump to counter Ellis.
Adamant Ellis refused to budge to Elliott’s tactics and continued bowling at him in his off-side, with the ball often the pitching at the edge of the playing strip. Elliott, mostly hit straight and won the battle. Even his batting partner Brad Hodge followed his tactics.
Ellis finally got one straight to clean out Elliott in the last over of the innings but it was too late, Elliot had done the damage with a 52 off 23 balls. Even the batsmen who followed played with a similar unorthodox style.
