William Harvey, the physician who discovered the principals
of blood circulation, hails from Roehampton, a suburban district in southwest of
London. Dr. Harvey was a genius and tough character and Roehmapton has the
tradition of producing tough characters – Earl of Derby, William Pitt the
younger, Peter Westbury, Earl of Garnard etc. were also from Roehmapton and in
that sense, it’s not a surprise that Dawid Malan would exhibit such a tough
temperament at WACA Ground against the barrage of short pitch bowling on first
day.
Starc tested him with his cannon balls and so did Cummins.
While Josh Hazlewood was nippy as always. Still, Malan progressed safely
through some of the tricky passages of play by investing faith in his will
power and technique. It was more about courage wrapped in a box of composure.
Just like Harvey used to exhibit his guts in a calm and composed manner towards
those women who were accused of witchcraft in 1634 and the king sent Harvey to
examine those women and give his final reports.
It was a great knock. A much needed one from a figure who
was not expected to do such. A figure who’s Test future is always hanging on a
thin rope. Cook’s defensive strokeplay doesn’t fetch him results these days and
succumbed to a straighter one too early while Root failed to lead from the
front and it was all left to England’s new faces to show the way. Malan
marshalled the innings in a mature way and of course, I need to praise Jonny
Bairstow’s support at the other end.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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