Amit Tripathi

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Test matches are often decided by how players respond to frustration, rather than by the performance that frustrated them. At Adelaide in 2013 Cook failed in the first innings, spent two days in the field, then impulsively hooked Ryan Harris to fine leg for 3. Brisbane this time followed the same pattern, ending with the exact same dismissal off Hazlewood for 7. Both times it showed a player whose decision-making was baked.
Steve Smith's Men: Behind Australian Cricket's Fall
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