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Yes, but was it deliberate or an accident?Holding reckons he was reversing at the Oval in 76.
Yes, but was it deliberate or an accident?Holding reckons he was reversing at the Oval in 76.
Not entirely true. At least, I think so, based on reading this article:Have a straight a fairly straight seam at any pace is key really. The ball wouldn't reverse if the release the seam is titled (maybe slightly) or scrambled.
Ahhhh fantastic article. Im shocked i never came across this before.Not entirely true. At least, I think so, based on reading this article:
The science of swing bowling | Cricket Features | Global | Cricinfo.com
Yeah for sure with the 'Angler'Bart King FFS!
Waqar got a pretty big tilt on it, iirc. The round arm slingy variety of reverse swing must rely on a tilted seam. I don't understand how you can have an upright seam if your arm is at the eleven or ten o'clock point. This would mean that bowlers like Akhtar, Johnson, Tait, Malinga rely on the type that requires 85mph+ speed.Ahhhh fantastic article. Im shocked i never came across this before.
I dont question what he says, but of all the bowlers who i have seen master the art of reverse-swing/bowl it well over long spells in my time of watchign cricket i.e Akram, Waqar, McGrath, Gillespie, Kasprowicz, Steyn, Gul, Akhtar, Flintoff, Jones, Hoggard, Lee Hilfenhaus, Tait, Z Khan, Sharma (vs AUS 08), Pathan (vs AUS circa 2003-04 in the SCG & Bangalore tests). They all bowled reverse-swing certainly have never seen one do so without having a fair straight steam @ the point of delivery.
never seen mcgrath swing the ball prodigiously. i dont think swing - conventional or reverse - was part of his repertoire.
This is not reverse-swing, but this video (got the 1:40) shows Waqar bowling with a fairly upright seam: YouTube - Waqar Younis 7-36Manee said:Waqar got a pretty big tilt on it, iirc. The round arm slingy variety of reverse swing must rely on a tilted seam. I don't understand how you can have an upright seam if your arm is at the eleven or ten o'clock point. This would mean that bowlers like Akhtar, Johnson, Tait, Malinga rely on the type that requires 85mph+ speed.
Isn't that seam bowling? doesnt look like swing to me. anyways, as i said before, mcgrath was never a prodigious swing bowler even if he occasionally managed to swing the ball. it was not one of his strengths whereas akram, younis, hadlee, and lesser bowlers like kapil and alderman relied on swing to get their wickets. lillee and mcgrath are probably two of the greatest pacers ever who didnt, dint need to, swing the ball big time.
Nah that was reverse swing. McGrath even when he got swinging conditions never got the ball to swing that big conventionally.Isn't that seam bowling? doesnt look like swing to me. anyways, as i said before, mcgrath was never a prodigious swing bowler even if he occasionally managed to swing the ball. it was not one of his strengths whereas akram, younis, hadlee, and lesser bowlers like kapil and alderman relied on swing to get their wickets. lillee and mcgrath are probably two of the greatest pacers ever who didnt, dint need to, swing the ball big time.
agree.McGrath even when he got swinging conditions never got the ball to swing that big conventionally.
Wow, I really miss that run-up.Another example: YouTube - Glenn Mcgrath reverse swinging yorker
We all do.Wow, I really miss that run-up.