Yes he bowls his inswinger much more frequently to left-handers (outswinger to them), that is the option he takes rather than consistenly swinging it into the lefties and then pushing the odd one across them. To the right-handers though his stock ball is definitely swinging it away from them.
Yes I won't argue with that. Tremendously skilled bowler, and who would have thought it 5 years ago when he was getting battered down under?
I agree, he has become a tremendously skilled bowler. The biggest improvement is being effective and working to a gameplan even when conditions are not swing-friendly. We've always known he's capable of running through a side when it's swinging round corners, but it was the lack of a Plan B that held him back, he now does have alternative skills and it has coincided with England becoming a real force in Test cricket.
Not sure about that, due to his relative lack of pace. Obviously Jimmy is no slouch, and he wouldn't be able to swing it like he does if he bowled 90+, but there have been times when Steyn has found it tough to swing the ball, only to bowl a fair bit quicker than he usually does in order to provide a different threat. It's minor but it's a weapon Anderson lacks.
Jimmy certainly used to have the ability to crank it up to 90. Since his renaissance he hasn't yet bowled in conditions where that might need to be an option - the UAE will be interesting to see a) if he needs to do that and b) if he's actually capable of it.
That second inning at Lord's was the one where he became ultra-defensive and refused to play any shots and he was always going to be out to an incoming delivery. But apart from that the incoming delivery didn't play a big part in his dismissals IMO. He does have a weakness to the incoming delivery when it's full and just outside off. But Anderson didn't get the inswinger in those areas throughout the series. And most of his dismissals of Sachin from the past are from standard outswing bowling.
IMO the standard of fast bowling has gone down during the last seven years.Now there are no bowlers who can consistently bowl at 150+.Brett lee used to do that easily.So did Shoaib.For England Simon Jones and Harminson clocked 150 occasionally.Steyn and Morkel were faster a couple of years ago.Now they are struggling to clock 150 kmph.The present crop of English and Australian fast bowlers are definitely inferior to the likes Simon Jones,Harminson, Flintoff Brette Lee,Gillesppie and of course Mcgrath.
dude....speed isn't everything
Sorry but Jimmy has literally had about 2 top quality years in test cricket and the vast majority of his great performances have been in perfect bowling conditions
Maybe, but Jimmy is light years ahead of all the Aussie bowlers at present. It is 3 years Jimmy has been quality anyway.
'Light years' ahead of Jimmy? Are you mad? I would put Steyn slightly ahead yes, but if you were picking a dream current bowling attack, they would instantly be on the list. You would have to think hard about the third.
You'd hope he would be ahead of the Aussie bowlers as most of them are still in diapers
