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    The decade 2010...2019 saw what the pundits had predicted on the turn of the decade. The predictions were; Batting will grow in stature and bowling will shrink. T20 leagues and cricket will enhance its demand and scope while test will see its existence rattling on the shores. Somethings of the sort happened , things went pretty much the same way except 2019 where test cricket saw its legs strengthened by supportive statements from players like Kholi. The ashes innings  from Stokes and close games like Ashes 2019.  A lot happened in this decade,  we will see each time repestively and will trace their growth, fall and transition throught the 10 years. AUSTRALIA           AUSTRALIA was underdogs in 2010, they were declining from their epitome postion. They lost the 2010 WT20 final to ENGLAND , lost the Ashes as well. They lost in India , Failed in 2012 WT20 again. Lost to Pakistan in DUBAI in tests. Lost , Ponting, Lee and Hussy respectively.  The only good thing happened to the...

Since 2010 cricket has witnessed a constant decline in the swing of ball.  In this passing decade batting has become the dominanat  force and bowling has become just a service provider to batsmen.  The top bolwlers in the world currently are neither super tall and fast like Garner, Holding, Dennis Lilly , Akhter and Lee  nor they are supreme swing masters like Wasim ,Waqar, Mcgrath, Bond and Pollock. They are in the middle with no full strength in a single aspect like sheer Swing or raw pace.            Cummins, Starc, Boult , Bumrah ,  are bowlers who can swing a cricket ball with good speed , but their good speed is something which Shoaib or Lee would bowl at when not on top of their rhythm.  They bowl in the window of 140...147kmph which can be called good speed but not fast bowling, similarly they can swing the ball which is, almost, entirely  dependent upon the conditions. They can swing if the conditions allow t...

Hetmyer and   midwicket sixes are something that simultameously comes in mind when either of the two gets a mention. Century in first ODI 2019 India.           West Indies won the first Odi- 2019- against India owing to a surreal innings from Shemron Hetmyer-139 runs- who played uncharacteristically a long innings that is hardly associated with him or any Caribbean batsman except Hope. Hetmyer came at one down with west Indies needing a record chase to win in Chennai. He batted with arrogance and domination. The left hander hit seven sixes with most of them on leg side, he hit Jadeja with utter disdain and authority , one of his sixes went on the roof which is rear on highly bulid Indian grounds.             Hetmyer's innings was not only remarkable for its fluidness and  staunch hitting, its reccurence on Indian soil is the most noteworthy element. This was his second century on indian soil in his last six odi's.  Before this , he had hit 106 runs in the first odi in 2018.    ...