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*Official* Pakistan in England 2010
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Jacknife
International Captain
True,having just watched it back,you just don't see bowling like the spell Flintoff produced at Lords anywhere around world cricket and not too many bowlers capable of it.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
His over to Ponting at Edgbatson in 2005 is my particular favourite. Bowls Langer first ball of the over, has Ponting in absolute knots for 5 balls, Ponting thinks he's survived but the final ball of the over is a no-ball, so with the 7th ball of the over Flintoff gets him to nick one.
In my years watching cricket, I don't think I've ever seen such a high class batsman look so utterly clueless as Ponting did that over.
In my years watching cricket, I don't think I've ever seen such a high class batsman look so utterly clueless as Ponting did that over.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Was that the one where he made Kallis look like a club player?
Although iirc as uncomfortable as he made Kallis look, he didn't get his wicket. Hence why his over at Ponting wins it for me.
tooextracool
International Coach
well you remember incorrectly because he got Kallis bowled with a yorker. That spell is a bit overrated because Kallis had clearly difficulty in seeing the ball, a problem that we've seen before at Edgbaston
tooextracool
International Coach
Interesting pic on the front page of cricinfo. I call this the crooked bat syndrome. Why is it that half our batsmen cant bat with a straight bat? Its a fundamental weakness really. We have Gooch and Flower both obsessed with technique, and yet we see players like Collingwood, Cook, Strauss and even Bell flashing their blades in this manner.
Theres 2 problems with this. One it leaves a gap between bat and pad and 2 it increases the chance of an inside edge onto the stumps.
Theres 2 problems with this. One it leaves a gap between bat and pad and 2 it increases the chance of an inside edge onto the stumps.
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If you get an outside edge it's much less likely to carry, though. Although against Pakistan you generally much prefer getting an outside edge to getting an inside edge.
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The ball that got Kallis was beastly though. Was dead-straight until the last moment when it swerved to the left of Kallis's grounded bat and took off-stump. Freddie may as well have been sitting behind it with a steering wheel.
tooextracool
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Not really IMO. As Cook shows on a regular basis. I mean it may help a little bit but how far the ball carries is almost entirely dependent upon whether you let the ball hit the bat (that is play with soft hands a la Dravid) or if you go hard at the delivery ( a la Cook).
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Well with Cook's footwork he's useless against the moving ball whether his bat's straight or not. If he was leaden-footed it probably wouldn't even be as bad. It's that he's obviously been told "you have to move your feet" and it isn't natural for him to do so, and he ends up with a half-hearted little stumble that knocks him completely off balance and opens up just about every mode of dismissal you can think of.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Truly a great over..everyone who saw that Ashes remembers that over. Changed the entire series..
I have often found myself logging on to youtube and looking for that over.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Ha, what a lovely description
