Aaron Finch is far less circumspect, looking to be aggressive in a pair of dot balls before launching the leggie over long-off for a six and then cutting both of the next two deliveries for boundaries to kick-start Australia's efforts.
But for my father, circumspect in looking back from his eighth decade, watching real-life courtroom dramas was like sitting down with Shakespeare.
Adams, the leading runscorer in last summer's competition, was more circumspect but looked comfortable before being bowled swiping across the line at the impressive Murali Kartik.
And investors look circumspect, with shares in Samsung down around 12% this year.
When Perez got a second crack at the top job in 2009 he quickly made his transfer policy from the previous era look circumspect.
Willetts is beaming and apparently content with his position and Letwin seems happy enough, but Maude looks circumspect.
The judge looked circumspect through much of the proceedings and retired to consider the verdict and sentence, which will he will announce on 18 July.
What is astonishing is the formal daring of a play that goes much further than Shakespeare in juxtaposing two worlds: the citizen spectators not only keep up a running commentary on the action but, in Adele Thomas's spirited production, munch popcorn, pass round drinks and generally behave in a way that makes today's stalls texters look quite circumspect.
These at first looked clever and circumspect, but have cumulatively come to seem, as Hamlet puts it, "one part wisdom" and "three parts coward".
But the Australian defence minister, David Johnston, appeared more circumspect, pointing out that searchers had looked in various different places since the Malaysia Airlines plane went missing on 8 March.
