Fraser-McGurk’s newest IPL knock proves youngster is the most electrifying batter in cricket
It’s hump day… need a little jolt?
Start your day with a fresh helping of Jake Fraser-McGurk… I know I have.
While we were sleeping the young batting tyro posted his fourth half-century of the IPL to further his status as the most electrifying hitter in this year’s competition.
An even 50 from 20 balls.
If you’re pressed for time, just go to the fourth over of the Delhi Capitals innings.
It’s a more effective hit than your morning espresso.
Spoilers – Fraser-McGurk goes 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6 as he rushed from 22 off 13 to 50 off 19… a little more sedate than the 15 balls on the two previous occasions.
There’s a streaky inside edge brushing past leg stump.
Followed by a beautifully struck drive through extra cover.
An angled square drive slicing over backward point.
A stand and deliver home run over the rope at long off.
A crash through cover.
And a wickedly yank off the pads deep into the crowd.
As the opener raises his bat for the milestone there’s a shot of Dave Warner applauding in the stands.
It’s an artful depiction of the changing of the generations.
It adds to a note-perfect 10-minute sequence.
The audacious hitting coincides perfectly with the viewer poll on Indian television.
Should Jake Fraser-McGurk have been part of Australia’s T20 World Cup squad?
As if sensing the moment, the Melbournian makes the question seem rhetorical over the next six balls.
Fraser-McGurk is the only batter at the IPL striking at 200 plus.
He’s up to 309 runs in 7 innings behind only Travis Head from an Australian perspective.
He now has three 50s reached in fewer than 20 balls… no other batter has more than two in the tournament’s history.
He’s the most electrifying batter in international cricket… and he won’t be at the World Cup.
I’m going to hold to my belief that’s a mistake and offer you this morning’s helping of Jake Fraser-McGurk as exhibit D.
Incidentally the fan poll for the tens of millions of Indian viewers… is running at 75% that he should have been included in the squad.
It’s a lonely landslide.
Jake Fraser-McGurk – the perfect tonic for hump day.
