They play netherlands next on March 3. Would be an interesting battle between RTenDoeschate and Tahir(Provided ofcourse that kervezee and others hold off Steyn/Morkel for long enough)
Oh How I hate this idiotic copyright settings! I can't watch the bloody video (as I can't see the worldcup in high quality streams at www.espnstar.com/cwclive ) because of copyrights in USA :(
Been watching these matches very closely- not just for the spinners but also for the general tactics being used. Two things stand out - As shown by Ray Price and the others in Zim v Aus - Spin up front is effective and the template has been copied by most other teams. But, kind of spin is also...
Long post coming up, This is Mike Brearley on Legspinners in his book "The art of captaincy"
"... What the legspinner has to offer is not what it seems. Or seemed. For the species has all but become extinct, at least in England as anachronistic as the language used to describe it. There are...
I feel he's trying too hard - it is a bit like the telemarketing that we all have seen and hate it. whatever value it may hold, it is being diminished by the hard sell he's resorting to and if i see one more time a piece that ends with "this is why you need online course" I'm not even going to...
This one isn't really wrist spin, but thought i'd share - last season I talked about this one left arm spinner in an opposition club who was unbelievably good - he made it to the US national team and is getting wickets in the international stage too -...
I've worked out one philosophy that helped me a lot - I used to bowl a lot of rubbish - so any opportunity to bowl in the match was basically a bonus to me and a chance to test myself out - so what if I get hit or bowl a bunch of long hops? - there is always the next ball to look forward to -or...
Macca,
If nothing else works, ask him to bowl more round arm - exaggerate that effect of round arm bowling by bowling with arm almost at 9'o clock. Having gone through it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone
Haha! This article is funny - http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/498296.html
No wonder warne ate saffers for lunch - If he can't pick a googly from a legbreak, God save him if he ever comes across someone who adds a flipper and a topspinner.
Describes exactly how I felt after being bowled the first time last season after months of practice- I was already a joke amongst my team mates (for my bowling) as they'd seen me struggle with fulltosses and long hops in practice - so I thought that if I didn't get it right, I won't be given...
If I am unbiased, I would say ojha is a better spinner than mishra is - his variations in loop, setting up the batsmen and nip off the wicket is better. Moreover, I don't think mishra is really an out and out aggressive bowler who is looking to get wickets. That's why he has to sit out for now...
seemed like there was only overspin on that delivery from smith. Didn't seem to get a lot of turn in the game vs India, and didn't seem to trouble anyone really. And from those few clips, I like rashid's action better - should watch more of him.
Re: Ponting's captaincy - he is more clueless than...
Hehe! I don't think that is correct. Sweep is played on based on length- slightly shorter - top edge comes into play, fuller and it may sneak under your bat.
More than anything else, I feel like you are holding yourself back in this action - Did you actually bowl in that street or was it just you showing your action? Anyway, it looks like we can break your action into two parts - one is the high speed wind up until the right arm goes up, the second...
A field that I can imagine setting for bowling around the wicket is this - short fine leg, deep midwicket, deep square leg, short midwicket, long on, point, cover, mid off. You can still give away runs with this field, but that is only if you err on length. As Bedi says (often) : Length is...
Not just a case of batsmen at our level, but I believe batsmen at all levels find that variation a little tough to gauge. We do have 3-D eyesight, but in order to gauge in such a short time all three dimensions that make up trajectory of the ball especially with it doing fancy things like dip...
I had to bowl quite regularly at batsmen like these in the last season and at some of my team mates - Patience is essential - Batsmen who can do that repeatedly are good, If they aren't you would get them in the first couple of instances anyway - In a match, they would hesitate to step out each...
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