ATG slow deliveries thread

[h_hurricane]

Self explanatory.

Name the ATG slow deliveries you have seen.

The one from Aaqib Javed to Mark Greatbatch in 1992 world cup semi final immediately comes to mind.

Courtney Walsh to Graham Thorpe in 2000 series is another. And that incredible celebration!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Dwayne Bravo to Yuvraj Singh

 

[wpdavid]

Steve Harmison to Michael Clarke at Edgbaston in 2005

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Chris Cairns to Chris Read 1999.

 

[wpdavid]

Chris Cairns to Chris Read 1999.

'Twas wasted on thee'

 

[Jayro]

The one I can never forget from the top of my head is esp. because of the comical celebration from Ambrose in perhaps 91-92 vs australia in an ODI deceived Ian Healey fully to get him bowled, other than that some slow yorkers from Darren Gough.

 

[Arachnodouche]

There was one Waqar bowled to Cronje in a triangular in SA roundabout '93 or so. It was a full-toss that took out off but it appeared as if it was moving through treacle. Defied all laws of TV physics.

Not this game, but same series (still remember a banner from a WI-Pak game where Pak were skittled out for less than 50 I believe. "Windies are the prophets of doom. Pakistan will be fried by noon").

What a bowler peak Waqar was though. Irresistible like no other in history.

 

[ashley bach]

In either the late 80's or early 90's Australia's Simon O'Donnell bowled what appeared to be a beamer.
John Bracewell, I believe the uncle of current Black caps player Michael, instinctively ducked as low as possible, and the look on his face when
he saw his castle dismantled was a sight to behold.
Apologies I should download this footage as it's quite a funny incident, but I'm pretty hopeless at such things.
Hopefully some smart cookie here can find it and get it up for all to see.

 

[trundler]

In either the late 80's or early 90's Australia's Simon O'Donnell bowled what appeared to be a beamer.
John Bracewell, I believe the uncle of current Black caps player Michael, instinctively ducked as low as possible, and the look on his face when
he saw his castle dismantled was a sight to behold.
Apologies I should download this footage as it's quite a funny incident, but I'm pretty hopeless at such things.
Hopefully some smart cookie here can find it and get it up for all to see.

 

[ashley bach]

@trundler Cheers mate, it's not as good as I remember it though, it was only ever a chest high full toss at best.
Bracewell was in Disneyland though, the more you look at it the more you think it probably should have been dispatched over the deep fine leg
deep square region for a big 6.

 

[SteveNZ]

Great thread, love it.

The Harmison slower ball to Clarke came into my head first, that was such a pivotal wicket in that match. Brilliantly executed from a guy who I never knew to bowl them. Obviously the Cairns one to Read was memorable, too, and the Aaqib Javed one to Greatbatch in the 92 World Cup turned a mile.

Cairns bowled another one in that Test to Graham Thorpe that wasn't as outrageous in terms of how he played it, but as outstanding. Cairns' slower ball was bizarre that it was hard to pick up - it was a basic off-cutter, nothing out the back of the hand/split finger or anything else. Same speed of arm I suppose tricked them, plus slower balls weren't all that common and if you weren't watching the ball hard enough, you were in trouble thinking it'd be coming at 140 and it came at 115-120.

The ones that used to make me laugh was when Brett Lee or someone bowled a slower ball and it was clocked at 135km - quicker than I could bowl pushing off the sightscreen down breeze.

 

[the big bambino]

Jason Gillespie - all of 2005.

 

[AndrewB]

Franklyn Stephenson was an early exponent of well-disguised slower deliveries - when playing for Notts in 1988 he (according to "The Cricketer" magazine of October 1988) reckoned he took a quarter of his wickets with them (out of 100+), including some where the batsmen was turning his back on a "beamer".

It's possible that's where Chris Cairns learned the trick - he was with Notts from 1988 (though I presume they couldn't both have played in the same match).

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Strange to hear Aussie commentators doing a game in NZ.

 

[kingcool1432]

 

[Migara]

There are a host of slow yorkers and off cutters from Malinga. Too numerous to list.

However most of these "spectacular" balls are due to batsman having not seen the bowler using it. Malinga and Bumrah however ar known to use it and still batsmen fall for it. Sreve Waugh bowled some good stuff too.

 

[thierry henry]

Incredible skill from 19 year old Aqib Javed there. Obviously drew on his 7 years of first class experience.

 

[thierry henry]

But really though, I wish there was a speedball radar on that Javed ball. The ball seems to hit the stumps incredibly softly, in a way not even comparable to a really slow spinner bowling.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There are a host of slow yorkers and off cutters from Malinga. Too numerous to list.

However most of these "spectacular" balls are due to batsman having not seen the bowler using it. Malinga and Bumrah however ar known to use it and still batsmen fall for it. Sreve Waugh bowled some good stuff too.

Have you mentioned Dilhara Fernando? Not sure if he had any specific good ones but he had a relatively unique split finger style

 

[Burgey]

Merv Hughes to Chris Broad in the 89 Ashes. Yorked him with a slower ball so obvious you could see it coming on a portable TV watching back in Aus in the middle of the night. Bowled it out of the back of his hand. I don't know how Broad didn't pick it.