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The Lost Art Form

Batting in cricket is instinctual. Good batsmen are reflexively responsive to their instincts and great batsmen learn to discipline these reflexes. Fielding is lot like batting. The sharper the reflexes, greater is the resultant adrenaline rush among the men who challenge you. Both of these skills have been executed, action replayed and written about for them to be elevated to an individual art form in a team game. Good and great batsmen and fielders keep getting replaced on the field. The skill is mastered, disciplined and the art form continues to flourish. Much like art post the renaissance era, there is an art form which is languishing. Much like the art world, there are few occasional names which cause an enthusiastic flutter of nostalgic name dropping. But it soon passes off like a fad rather than a prolonged legacy. Bowling, six balls an over.   Batting is like playing chess, you play the situation. Fielding is like playing Scotland Yard. Bowling is like p...