5th Match - Ireland v West Indies

[Zinzan]

Two musts for the Irish;

1) They can't afford to allow Gayle to bowl economically here &;

2) They need to give themselves more options against the short-ball. Maybe stepping to leg occasionally and looking to go over 3rd-man.


Ahh & Gayle picks up a wicket....glad it's Porterfield and not Stirling.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

****. My bad guys.

 

[cnerd123]

Zzzz Gayle sneaking in an annoyingly economical spell here. Dangerous for Ireland.

 

[cazza01]

Why is it that Russell is considered a RF bowler but the likes of Boult isn't, where from what I have seen Boult has been knocking up faster speeds?

 

[cnerd123]

Bishop and Arnold making good points about the role of the short ball in this World Cup.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Why is it that Russell is considered a RF bowler but the likes of Boult isn't, where from what I have seen Boult has been knocking up faster speeds?

cos NZers are all medium pacers by default on cricinfo

 

[Athlai]

Why is it that Russell is considered a RF bowler but the likes of Boult isn't, where from what I have seen Boult has been knocking up faster speeds?

Because cricinfo are fairly half arsed.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Why is it that Russell is considered a RF bowler but the likes of Boult isn't, where from what I have seen Boult has been knocking up faster speeds?

cricinfo are morons. Just look at their new format ffs.

 

[cnerd123]

Useful shot that.

 

[Burgey]

Starting to get a bit bullish about Ireland here. This is a really good start.

 

[hendrix]

Jason Holder is going to be a hell of a cricketer if the captaincy doesn't ruin him.

 

[Athlai]

Stirling all business. Good to see.

 

[Athlai]

Jason Holder is going to be a hell of a cricketer if the captaincy doesn't ruin him.

Could be West Indies Sammy.

 

[cnerd123]

Andre Russel's ODI bowling stats are better than I thought. Avg 32 econ 5.7 SR 34

He hardly ever looks like taking a wicket whenever I've seen him bowl

 

[Athlai]

And that English team had a batsman named Joyce too.

 

[Zinzan]

Why is it that Russell is considered a RF bowler but the likes of Boult isn't, where from what I have seen Boult has been knocking up faster speeds?

The categorisations are supposed to be based on speeds a bowler hits the majority of the time based on these guidelines;




Therefore Boult is quite rightly not LF & there's no way Russell is generally 142+ hence shouldn't be classified as RF either.

 

[cnerd123]

The song choices this match have been superb btw.

 

[Zinzan]

And that English team had a batsman named Joyce too.

He used to scare the hell out of me in the 07 tri-series in Aust before the world cup.

 

[Bahnz]

The categorisations are supposed to be based on speeds a bowler hits the majority of the time based on these guidelines;

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Therefore Boult is quite rightly not LF & there's no way Russell is generally 142+ hence shouldn't be classified as RF either.

Russell was a bit quicker when he first came on the scene, probably just the case that cricinfo is too lazy to change it. Milne was still classed as a RFM for years after he was clocked at 151 in a T20 international.

Btw, where do those figures come from? Think it's easier to think of bowling speeds in terms of averages, with RMF around the 80mph/130kph mark, RFM around the 85pmh/137kph mark and RF around the high 80's/low-mid 140's (varying depending on the format).

 

[Daemon]

The categorisations are supposed to be based on speeds a bowler hits the majority of the time based on these guidelines;

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Therefore Boult is quite rightly not LF & there's no way Russell is generally 142+ hence shouldn't be classified as RF either.

This is the source that wiki has listed for that. Not exactly renowned for being an authority on cricket.

Types of Fast Bowling ? TalkCricket

There's no defined way to classify it at all.