Monty Batting - Summer 2006

5 boundaries from the bat of Monty Panesar - he hits Muralitharan for 3 4's and a 1 6 and drives Umar Gul through the covers for four against Pakistan.

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[arif50]

Yeh i agree, Swann is the more complete cricketer, and he's been far more effective than Monty of late - dunno what went wrong with monty! I should create a video of Swann's batting heroics... when i created this video for monty - however - he was not being picked down-under and instead Ashley Giles was playing - so this video was to show he could bat a bit

[gstar9610]

swann is not good he has no variation and plus monty is left arm bowler which is advantage and more confusing for a batsme why would u have a right arm offspinner anyone could do that

[arif50]

I'm a massive monty fan - but i gotta say id pick swann. He's impressed with ball and bat and often gets wickets with his first over. Also Aussies are coming and they have lots of left-handers - so id have to go with Swann

[GunnerSlave]

tha last stroke was sweeet

[liamwba13]

why cant he bat like that more often

[ElGranPikachu]

@gstar9610 and it´s for that reason alone that you will never be involved in cricket in any way shape or form.

[plokijuh129056]

panesar won english hearts :)

[gstar9610]

monty is accurate fuck swann

[nufcdazzla]

Ah I remember that very well, Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the best spin bowlers in the world at the time, and Monty smacks him for 18 in 4 balls, sweet

[ThePoeticEdge]

@gstar9610 Yep, Swanny has no variation at all!

I appreciate that hindsight is a beautifully deadly thing, but reading this comment was still hilarious. Thank you so much!

[Masskater]

@gstar9610 swann is the best spinner in the world, monty has one ball. every batsamn in the world knows how to play him

[lukequixotesanjose]

@arif50

I agree. Monty has taken a bit of a hit with his fall from grace. But he's such a lovely guy and great for the game. He's still only 28. I have to say though, Swann is on fire at the moment, and ideal for the Aussie lefties. He took 4 wickets today. It looks like Finn is finding the spot after over pitching in the first innings.

[rscosworthfan]

you gotta love monty

[jeffhardy12353]

omg monty hit a ball

[abcapu09]

He is such an useless, im repeating again-useless bowler

There is nothing so special about him, it's only peoples mouth!