death knell for bowlers: flat wickets, heavy bats, afridi, small boundries

[jack_sparrow]

I really like this article by mister samiuddeeeeeeeeeen. As a bowler, its very true what he is saying.

The death knell for bowlers
There are enough reasons to not want to be a bowler in ODI cricket. Flatter surfaces, heavier bats, shorter boundaries, limited bouncers, batsmen get the benefit and umpires the line; the white ball loses its shine quicker and whenever it got old enough to reverse, batsmen would whine and get it changed, ostensibly because of the colour of its skin
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[Richard]

Any decent bowler would love to bowl at Afridi every day of the week, obviously.

 

[shortpitched713]

Any decent bowler would love to bowl at Afridi every day of the week, obviously.

Not if it ruined his figures and someone else got the cheap dismissal.

 

[Richard]

Laws of averages state this will happen rarely.

 

[Days of Grace]

Decent bowlers these days have better strike-rates but higher E/R's then their older counterparts. In the 1980s, 3.5 E/R was a good bowler, nowadays, anything under 4.5 is good.

 

[Richard]

In the 1970s and 1980s, you had to have an ER under 4-an-over to be taken seriously as a bowler; since the early 1990s, under 4 has been exceptional, but it remains the case that over 4.5 is generally extremely poor and rare is the bowler who lasts that long with such an ER unless they're one hell of a regular wicket-taker.

 

[skipper]

In a scenario where the pitch is not flat or in overcast conditions, a change of ball at 35 overs could really be boon to pacers. It is hardly deathknell.

Let this rule be adopted in SA, Aus., England, NZ and then the stats should be poured in to prove anything.

 

[Perm]

Any decent bowler would love to bowl at Afridi every day of the week, obviously.

Disagree with this. They might fancy their chances of getting a wicket, but there is also plenty of chance they'll go for 20 runs in an over before they do so.

 

[Richard]

Nah, not really. Bowl well at Afridi and you'll get him out before he's got the remotest of chances to take you for 20 in an over.

Obviously he'll do it once in 20 games or so, but that's hardly the end of The World.

 

[Athlai]

Rather bowl at Charis Martin.

 

[The_Bunny]

Would enjoy bowling at myself more tbh

Everyone else seems to

 

[andruid]

I wonder how many ball's Glen Mcgrath would have survived facing his on bowling

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

I wonder how many ball's Glen Mcgrath would have survived facing his on bowling

Walsh vs Walsh?

 

[Richard]

Flintoff vs Flintoff -

 

[Unattainableguy]

Any decent bowler would love to bowl at Afridi every day of the week, obviously.

Not if it's a flat pitch as it says in the thread title.

 

[Richard]

Even on a flat pitch a decent bowler can do enough with the ball to trouble Afridi, it's not exactly difficult. He'll self-destruct far more often than not anyway.