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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3416257, member: 9052"] Green also has that next gear where he can start bludgeoning it out of the ground. I don't consider that his "natural game" but he has the power to do it when he's deeper into his innings. If he was out there batting with the top order and had already moved beyond 100 by the time the lower order comes out you'd feel that he would eventually flick the switch and just start flaying the bowling unit around the ground. Green is actually almost perfect for a no. 4 or 5 in the current setup: - Can bat slow and steady with the top order to build a score and solidify the innings - Can bat quickly once set with a lower order that primarily comprises hitters (Head, Carey/Inglis, Starc, etc.) - Has the stamina, patience and composure to bat long innings On Marnus I think at the moment his patience is what's letting him down. In this game it made sense to just keep going because in those conditions there is a ball out there with your name on it, so make hay while the sun shines... but in Pakistan he was just playing recklessly the whole time and finding ways to get out. At the moment Uzzie and Green are basically playing as the anchors of the innings, and we've been lucky that they've stepped up, but Marnus has the tools to be our long term anchor and he just needs to figure out how best to balance occupying the crease and scoring runs... at the moment he's all about making runs... every innings he's almost in counter attack mode. [/QUOTE]

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