My take on Mitchell Johnson

[dontcloseyoureyes]

i do not like to repeat myself but some guys do not get it

johnson is a hit the deck bowler,the only times he has got the batsman
lbw has been the ball hitting the pitch and straighting {seaming} in to the pads
swing is in the air for my friends just look at some videos

Haha I ****ing know what swing is you ****y ****. I was making a passing comment that he swung the ball in Malaysia a few years back, and he did, I ****ing watched it. I wasn't saying he bases his lines and his bowling and an inherent ability to swing the ball.

 

[Richard]

 

[Manee]

Haha I ****ing know what swing is you ****y ****. I was making a passing comment that he swung the ball in Malaysia a few years back, and he did, I ****ing watched it. I wasn't saying he bases his lines and his bowling and an inherent ability to swing the ball.

 

[Nate]

shake n bake

 

[Cricket_God]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veOHL-BA_l0

The Uthappa looks pretty inswinger-ish to me, as do the last couple of dismissals.

Not saying he swings the ball a lot but he most certainly can swing it.

the uthappa one seamed off the pitch there is no swing in that.

 

[Cricket_God]

Any bowler can swing it, it's pretty stupid to say a bowler is incapable of swinging the ball. All it takes is the seam in the right position and a ball of the right length. And, obviously, the ball in the right position.

I've seen Makhaya Ntini swing the odd ball every now and then. If he can, Johnson certainly can.

its not about swinging a odd ball at this level specially if you are leftarmer and most batsman are right handers.

 

[Cricket_God]

Haha I ****ing know what swing is you ****y ****. I was making a passing comment that he swung the ball in Malaysia a few years back, and he did, I ****ing watched it. I wasn't saying he bases his lines and his bowling and an inherent ability to swing the ball.

Were you watching your **** swinging

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Were you watching your **** swinging

Nah it was seaming off the wicket. You see, swing is when the **** moves in the air. Seaming, however, is when the **** hits the deck and moves off the seam.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Boys, simmah dowhn nowh.

 

[Top_Cat]

the uthappa one seamed off the pitch there is no swing in that.

You and I saw different vids then because I saw movement before pitching, clear swing. Especially on the replay, you can pretty clearly see curve back into the batsman immediately before pitching.

 

[Uppercut]

To say Mitchell Johnson only gets movement from the seam is ridiculous. If that was the case it wouldn't move away from the right-hander every single time it pitched.

 

[Richard]

its not about swinging a odd ball at this level specially if you are leftarmer and most batsman are right handers.

I'm aware of that. However some people seem to think Johnson incapable of swinging the ball.

No bowler is incapable of swinging the ball, provided the ball is in the right condition and their length is right.

 

[Cricket_God]

Nah it was seaming off the wicket. You see, swing is when the **** moves in the air. Seaming, however, is when the **** hits the deck and moves off the seam.

your **** seams more than swings.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

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