the player controls the note, and thus the music.And so it is in cricket

Glasgow have been rocked by the news backs Peter Horne and Rory Hughes face lengthy spells out injured - but coach Gregor Townsend admits he is relieved the news is not worse.Utility man Horne and wing Hughes have both been informed they require surgery after being stretchered off during Warriors narrow Guinness PRO12 defeat by Munster last Friday night.Horne could be out for as long as four months with an ankle injury, while Hughes faces an eight-week lay-off with a knee problem. But Townsend confessed he was worried the pair would be ruled out for longer.He said: Its a blow. We knew it was going to be disappointing news given the way the injuries were at the weekend.But they are actually not as bad as some of our worst fears. Peter has had a really serious ACL knee injury in the past but that is fine and Rorys is not as bad as we feared either.These are two of our hardest working players and we know they will work hard on their rehab to make sure they can come back as quickly as possible.Horne -- who featured as a replacement during all three of Scotlands three autumn Tests -- is now likely to miss all of the Dark Blues RBS 6 Nations campaign, although Townsend has refused to count him out of the later stages of the Championship.He said: Peter was involved in all three games for Scotland during November, covering at stand-off and at centre, and hes been excellent for us.It doesnt rule him out of the entire Six Nations and he will have a target to come back at some point during that period.The injury set-back is the last thing Warriors need as they prepare to face Racing 92 in Saturdays Champions Cup clash in Paris, but Townsend is trying to remain upbeat.He said: Its a fact of life. 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In Test match cricket, each ball bowled is in motion for between six and 12 seconds, with the important bit, from hand to bat, taking up barely an entire second. A typical hours play, containing, say, 13 overs, thus involves barely 15 minutes of action, of which around two minutes are ball to bat to field. They also serve, as Milton would say.And yet, within this game of contradictions built on dichotomy, this game that challenges us on every level, forcing us into unnatural positions, demanding fluidity when for the greater part of every match the entire field is almost entirely still, within this game the great players appear to manufacture their own time. Time is the umpire of umpires, if you like.Its no wonder that when we are struggling with our personal game we explain it in temporal terms: we cant time the ball; the rhythm in our run-up has gone. It even works for keepers: a mistimed take bounces out of rather than buries itself into the glove.I was once at a milonga, an organised event where you dance the tango, where tradition has it that the women choose their partner for each dance. I noticed one gentleman, maybe in his late fifties, who was in high demand. He danced a simple dance, little more than the basic walk of tango, but he was obviously preferred over the younger and flashier leaders, all leg flicks and twirls. I asked one of his partners why he was so popular (even though I thought I had it nailed), and the response was that he just felt better. Id been watching his feet, however. The reason he felt better was because he knew where the beat was. This meant that his dancing partners could predict when his feet were aiming at, which made for a dance in which coordination was total, where two dancers merged into one. The others were merely there or thereabouts.But cricket revolves around the ball, and specifically getting the ball to bend to our will rather than somebody elses. And to do that we need as much information about it as possible. In fact, we need to predict where its going to be at any given time in its trajectory. Only in this way can it be propelled to just the right length, hit with just the right amount of force into just the right gap, clasped at just the right moment. This is exactly wwhat happens when playing music, only the ball is the groove.ddddddddddddWhen you play music (by which I mean contemporary popular music; classical music, with a conductor, is a different kettle of fish), the living and breathing heart of the music is the drummer, for they define the groove, they create the contingent time in which the music exists. For the ensemble to work, each instrument must find its place within that time, as asserted on the drum kit. The bass, for example, will find its home in the kick drum, not played at the same time, but inside the drumbeat. The bass must make the kick drum play a note. In similar fashion, the guitar must make the hi-hat or snare play a chord. For a drummer to play at their best, they must be balanced, relaxed and confident in every stroke. They must feel themselves inside the beat and avoid second-guessing their instincts. The best drummers produce a groove so big, so fat, that each beat acts as though it has its own gravity, with the default placement of a note being in the exact centre of each beat.It is this knowledge of the beats precise centre that allows the ensemble player freedom to make a rhythm that is irresistible, a rhythm so simple, so beyond mere precision that it enters the realms of inevitability. From this place, the note can be placed a little in front of the beat, a little behind, on top, underneath... the player controls the note, and thus the music.And so it is in cricket.When a bowlers run-up goes, the suggested fix is invariably technical, but what is needed is for them to tap into how it felt when all was dandy. They must feel like the drummer - relaxed, balanced, confident. They must feel that the ball is part of them, on a string, as is said of Jimmy Anderson when hes in the groove. The game is not the time to practise but just to kick back and play.For the batsman, the process is the same. As you wait for the bowler to deliver the ball, so you tap into the feel of the game, allow your body to connect with it, and as the ball traces its arc towards you, your instinct knows where the centre of the ball is. Then control is yours. Play it early, play it late, play it spot on. Close the face, open the face, show the makers name. Whichever you choose, the ball will obey.Cricket is all about timing, and timing is not technique, its feel. Perhaps, just perhaps, if we learn to feel differently, to trust our instincts to place the ball, bat or gloves just so, it might just help us to slot back into the groove. ' ' '