It is very easy to say Harry Brook played a bad shot. And he did.
But two things are going on here at once, the execution of the shot and the theory behind it.
Let's look at how he played this ball. We know that Brook doesn't just like to stand and face the short deliveries, so he has developed this method of moving back and swinging down the ground.
The problem for him here is that he makes that decision very late, partly because he's worried about the surprise Yorker.
He doesn't usually face three bowlers who can deliver at 90MPH when he tries to do this.
That is something also worth noting in general. The Bazball style has yet to go up against a bowling lineup of this speed trying to go short all in. The South African attack bowled short, but not like it was a doomsday plan.
So just walking away beforehand, like Brook did against Neil Wagner, is suddenly a lot more complicated. The pace always matters.
Starc sees him move, and so he follows.
At this stage, there is clearly not enough room for the original shot attempt - the forehand down the ground.
But Brook doesn't stop playing this shot. He commits, as he has been encouraged to do my management.
This means that he spoons the ball up in the air as he's essentially trying to swing freely with a ball aimed at his nipple. Other attacking shots could have been used here like a normal pull or hook. Or even the uppercut. But he wants to play the biggest one, and because of that, he's gone. Caught at cover of all things.
It looks terrible because it is a dreadful execution of a fairly risky and unorthodox shot.
But there is a reason to play this within the Bazballverse. Brooks' field was set up for the short ball in that now very familiar Wagner style. Boundary riders from deep square to deep point.
If you bowl short, you can protect more of the boundaries, as it's hard to hit the ball down the ground from your armpit.
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