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The Greatest Overs Ever

thierry henry

thierry henry

International Coach
Nawaz gets Pandya and Karthik out as well as clean bowling Kohli and you have people saying the poor guy’s bowled a historically bad over
 
cnerd123

cnerd123

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thierry henry said:
Nawaz gets Pandya and Karthik out as well as clean bowling Kohli and you have people saying the poor guy’s bowled a historically bad over
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bowls a decent ball to get Pandya
full toss to Karthik first up
then a decent ball gets clipped for 2

It's an okay over till here

then the high full toss no-ball six

then he breaks, sends the keeper back and starts bowling medium pace

then a wide
then actually a good yorker but it's 3 byes
then he goes back to spin, bowls a decent ball and gets Karthik out on a brain fade
then another wide
then a nothing ball really, gets tonked over the top and game is done

so actually 4 out of the 6 legal balls were decent. but 2 wides, the high full toss, and breaking mid over to bowl seam up all take away from that.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
cnerd123 said:
bowls a decent ball to get Pandya
full toss to Karthik first up
then a decent ball gets clipped for 2

It's an okay over till here

then the high full toss no-ball six

then he breaks, sends the keeper back and starts bowling medium pace

then a wide
then actually a good yorker but it's 3 byes
then he goes back to spin, bowls a decent ball and gets Karthik out on a brain fade
then another wide
then a nothing ball really, gets tonked over the top and game is done

so actually 4 out of the 6 legal balls were decent. but 2 wides, the high full toss, and breaking mid over to bowl seam up all take away from that.
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Keeper was standing back entire over, no? Until the DK stumping that is.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
cnerd123 said:
bowls a decent ball to get Pandya
full toss to Karthik first up
then a decent ball gets clipped for 2

It's an okay over till here

then the high full toss no-ball six

then he breaks, sends the keeper back and starts bowling medium pace

then a wide
then actually a good yorker but it's 3 byes
then he goes back to spin, bowls a decent ball and gets Karthik out on a brain fade
then another wide
then a nothing ball really, gets tonked over the top and game is done

so actually 4 out of the 6 legal balls were decent. but 2 wides, the high full toss, and breaking mid over to bowl seam up all take away from that.
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Yeah I guess on that rereading it was pretty disastrous.
 
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SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
My memory might be playing tricks on me in terms of it being perfect,but I distinctly remember Tim Southee executing 6 spot on yorkers to restrict Australia in a T20 super over back around 2010 or so.

EDIT: Wasn't far away, and he not only did it in the super over but also in the final over of the 20 overs. The infamous McCullum insane 100 game lapping Shaun Tait for fun

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It still bemuses me to this day as to why a yorker isn't the stock standard death delivery, and none of the 'hard to execute' bs for professionals who train every day will ever convince me. I suspect it's more that it isn't as likely to be a wicket taking ball that looks good to franchise suitors.
 
smash84

smash84

The Tiger King
SteveNZ said:
My memory might be playing tricks on me in terms of it being perfect,but I distinctly remember Tim Southee executing 6 spot on yorkers to restrict Australia in a T20 super over back around 2010 or so.

It still bemuses me to this day as to why a yorker isn't the stock standard death delivery, and none of the 'hard to execute' bs for professionals who train every day will ever convince me. I suspect it's more that it isn't as likely to be a wicket taking ball that looks good to franchise suitors.
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It really is a hard one to execute. Back in street cricket in Pakistan, almost every bowler bowls the yorker really well. Problem is that depending on how the batsman plays it by moving around, it won't remain a yorker. Most try to make it a full toss, and nowadays succeed
 
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SteveNZ

Cricketer Of The Year
smash84 said:
It really is a hard one to execute. Back in street cricket in Pakistan, almost every bowler bowls the yorker really well. Problem is that depending on how the batsman plays it by moving around, it won't remain a yorker. Most try to make it a full toss, and nowadays succeed
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It's not easy, I get it, and I also get it isn't a natural length guys bowl throughout an innings. But you're talking the best bowlers in the world. A low full toss to a long half volley, and everything in between, are still hard to get leverage on. And yeah it's not a strategy for all situations, based on ground size etc, and you don't want to be too predictable. But I see batsmen who don't have a lap sweep, or aren't moving around the crease, and no one bowls hole length. I don't get it.

Most classic example was Dale Steyn to Grant Elliott 2015 World Cup. 5 off 2, you back yourself to hit two blockholes you win. Instead he chooses length, Elliott couldn't have selected a better ball. I see that so often, length balls that can almost be hit 360 degrees
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Curiously, faster and slower yorkers have a bigger margin of error. Slower yorkers allow batsmen to set themselves up and manipulate length. Faster yorkers only needs deft touches to be sent to the boundary. Better players of reverse swing tend to flick yorkers any where between from midwicket to fine leg or dab it though point. The pace takes it to the boundary. There is an in between pace however, where it is fast enough not to give time for batsmen to set themselves up, and slow enough so dabs and flicks don't speed to the boundary.
 
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