can't blame him on a totally flat pitchAnother reason to say ashwin is a spin track bully DOT
Man, he destroyed RSA and just dominated KW weeks back. When the pitches start turning, Root will be his bunny. Wait and watch.He got bunsens in 2012 and still bowled like a drain.
Typical minnow basher.
specially before watching him bowl in the 2nd inningscan't blame him on a totally flat pitch
These two bats have some really weird techniques against spin.
Tbh, a lot of times the very technique that helps you score on roads is what gets you in trouble on pitches that start helping the bowlers, whether it is seam or spin.And very effective
I dont think there is any truth to some kinda Aussie bravado approach, for starters. And secondly, Root and Ali used a very considered and methodical approach. They got in on a flat track and played a few no risk shots for boundaries to spread the field, then milked the spinners all day and then when they got desperate and tried to attack again, they hit them off their lengths as well as pushed the field back. Stokes and Bairstow just cashed in on their hardwork, esp. coz Stokes had about 9 lives.The approach that England have used is pretty much the natural game of all the Aussie batsmen. They're not good enough to survive by nudging and nurdling anyway, might as well hit the spinners off their lines.
I made that joke first and you get duffers' like
Lifes so not fair
Lol at all the hatred for Ashwin, esp. from a couple of the English posters. Will be interesting how it goes by the end of the series...When 2 wickets in an innings is a failure and not showing up as considered by few here, it shows how good Ashwin has become.
Nah, Bhuvi will be even bigger baggage on such tracks. Umesh and Shami are very similar as bowlers though. Would have preferred Ishant, as stupid as it seems to type out.Hope Bhuvi comes back asap. His control along with Shami's will keep sides from posting mammoth totals.
I just think it is because he keeps going for wickets. Sometimes it does pay to go the Harbhajan route. Jadeja does it better even now, hence MSD preferring him over Ash in those overseas tests, as bad a decision as it may have been in hindsight, esp. when we were playing 4.5 bowlers with Binny in there. He needs to learn to bowl dry. It separates the good from the great when it comes to bowlers.Well not going to say he is a total minnow basher yet as it may come back to bite us in the ass but he was poor last time we toured and despite being the pick of the spin bowlers here he rarely threatened. We do seem to play him very well which is funny given we are regarded as a poor side versus spin.
Cottam's run up is mental.I know it isn't entirely relevant to this thread, but oldsters might enjoy it anyway.
tbh I had no idea this footage existed.
Did you see Solkar catching Lewis at short leg of a sweep? At 5:40 iirc.Cottam's run up is mental.
Wow what a catch!Did you see Solkar catching Lewis at short leg of a sweep? At 5:40 iirc.
Like I said, minnow basher.Man, he destroyed RSA and just dominated KW weeks back.
There were a few like that back then - John Price had one that amazed me as a kid, and Peter Lever as well - later Lever straightened his run and gained a yard of pace and that seems to have taught everyone a lessonCottam's run up is mental.
Lolz jokesOne think I hope the new Stokes does is cause Ian Botham to have a long hard look at himself and see what he squandered