Ashwin isn't some part-timer trying to break a partnership by surprising the batsman. And he has enough tools to not be some cheap mystery spinner.
You don't keep bowling flat all the time. You gradually increase flight so as not to lose your **** completely at the start. Maybe its different for everyone but I was someone who never really fired the ball in as an offie so my coach didn't have anything to say about me bowling flat. So if I were a bowler who fired it in too much, his advice would have been different.
Both pronunciations are ok #TheMoreYouKnow
Haha my bad then. My Grandad used to do the opposite and pronounce his 'z's as 'j's.
Shri is just a hopeless fan boy when it comes to Ashwin; about 90% of his posts these days are just strangely aggressive attempts to deflect criticism from the guy.
Cuz he has too much of that huge bcci c**k in his mouth
You're implicitly taking Shri's side. No one's saying Ashwin's awesome for bowling flat sliders for two and a half overs with a fairly new ball, just that it's understandable and not worthy of criticism. Some seemed to think he should have been attacking from ball one. That's the point of contention
Nah just that after an over or two at the most (given his first over was taken to) he should have settled in and really tried to use some flight and dip, after all he was bowling with the newish ball (which is good for spinners because you get a mixture of big turn/bounce and slide) rather than simply looking for drift and slid each ball without changing his trajectory. I honestly think throughout his spell this was lacking a bit.
Contract ends in December I think
Except that's pretty much what he did imo and cricinfo's opinion. W/e
Like that matters
Can't be worse than Misbah. And i sat through that.Like that matters
Samuels would be a really handy wicket for India here, although I dunno if I could handle watching Bravo continue at this rate with Shiv at the other end
