To be fair Smith was averaging 50 at shield level from a young age. -- BULLET IN BOARD

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Date Posted: 19:08 03/01/25 Fri
Author: Josh
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 1.145.176.119
Subject: To be fair Smith was averaging 50 at shield level from a young age.
In reply to: Pendlebury 's message, "Young guys who are just shooting stars are rare" on 17:31 03/01/25 Fri

I know he came in as a leggie, but he was making shield runs early.

Uzzie was also performing at shield cricket for a long time. He should not have been dropped when he was.

That said I do agree that there is more than one way to make a career.

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Different Era Batting has changed it's tougher now, world battng has dropped 10 av. -- pugsville, 19:39 03/01/25 Fri
- The biggest change with batting is 20/20 cricket. -- Josh, 08:30 06/01/25 Mon
  - It's part of it but a smaller part than other factors. -- pugsville, 08:59 06/01/25 Mon
    - Good points but there are still high scoring games when pitches are flat. Also -- Annabelle, 18:21 06/01/25 Mon
  - I think the ignored factor is how much 20/20 has improved bowling -- Pendlebury, 14:31 07/01/25 Tue
It's not an era where we have Lehmann, Siddons, Hodge, Law, Love all waiting in the wings. -- Pendlebury, 23:10 03/01/25 Fri

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