Is there such a thing as being "OUT OF FORM" ?

[kambakht]

Re: Is there such a thing as being "OUT OF FORM" ?

@Some1

^Based on your logic...one would expect this in-form/out-of-form concept to be there in other sports also...let's say Baseball, Tennis, Soccer etc... but you do not hear that "Andre Agassi is not in form these days". People will just say that Agassi is over the hill or something as direct as that. So why is it that in cricket we have this euphemism of "out-of-form" to explain a player's poor performance....as if to suggest that if the player is persisted with...he will one day miraculously get back into form.

You are just here to argue are you....haha..nahh juss kiddin
NEways I think I did hear the term form being applied atleast in tennis if not any other game....and it was in rleevance to ure own example of Mr. Agassi....he apparently had not played well for quite a few games and our very own Vijay Amritraj described it as him being out of form....But Agassi did sort out his game(Probably the way he served/played his forehand/backhand/topspin) and made quite a comeback....

In another case I remember Thomas Muster.... who was almost invincible for a certain period of time(won a few French opens on the trot) and then completely lost it....never heard of him again...(Went out of FORM I guess)

So I think the term "Out of Form" does apply in a certain sense to other games too but not as much as it does in cricket....Cud be because cricket has more intricacies involved or some completely other reason....But 'FORM' has a DEFINITE implication in cricket...