Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Has Wasim's delivery to get rid of Alan Lamb (??) in the 92 World Cup Final been mentioned yet?
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best ball ever?
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Bob Bamber
U19 12th Man
Definitely the Strauss ball at in the 2005 Ashes. Back when Warne got Gatting in 93 people didn't know what he was about. In 2005 for him to still be bowling that kind of stuff is amazing.
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Yep, remember that one well and still have the footage. The best part of it wasn't even the ball itself (although it was a great ball) but the set-up. Hick had hit some form in matches before that game and Mushie wrecked him. I just remember watching the deliveries before it and thinking that it was a matter of time before Hick got out. He looked shot and the wrong'un just put him out of his misery. Awesome leg-spin bowling.
And the two balls which Wasim bowled to knock over Lamb and Lewis with were, well, I've never seen balls move in the air that much before or since.
I think the best ball I ever saw bowled while I was watching a game (TV or otherwise) would be Dion Nash bowling Jacques Kallis. From what I remember of it, the ball swung from about leg stump, pitched on off, seemed in and, natually, Kallis fell all over it and was bowled. Possibly from this game.
That's just what immediately comes to mind for me. The next was a ball Wasim Akram bowled to Chris Lewis (I think) years ago: from around the wicket the ball pitched outside off stump, seemed in, and bowled him. I can't really remember it all that well, but I just remember thinking it was unplayable.
That's just what immediately comes to mind for me. The next was a ball Wasim Akram bowled to Chris Lewis (I think) years ago: from around the wicket the ball pitched outside off stump, seemed in, and bowled him. I can't really remember it all that well, but I just remember thinking it was unplayable.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Simon Jones to Michael Clarke in the 2005 Ashes. Clarke left the ball, got his pad marginally outside the line of off-stump, and the ball swung around the pad to hit off. Sensational.
Flintoff to Hayden where it swung around his legs in the same series was magical, as was Warne to Strauss, which certainly spun the most of any ball I've ever seen.
The other highlights of Warne's career are the Gatting ball and the Stewart flipper. The Stewart delivery was genius because of how much it appeared like a regulation leg break until it hit the pitch. Indeed, it looked like a long hop, and Stewart went back to cut, and it skidded in and bowled him.
The Gatting ball is the greatest purely because of the circumstances. There are many deliveries you could compare in terms of quality, even others from the same bowler, but to bowl such a delivery as a virtually unknown quantity with your very first ball in Ashes tests is amazing. Warne could do the exact same thing today and it would never recieve comparable acclaim or attention.
Flintoff to Hayden where it swung around his legs in the same series was magical, as was Warne to Strauss, which certainly spun the most of any ball I've ever seen.
The other highlights of Warne's career are the Gatting ball and the Stewart flipper. The Stewart delivery was genius because of how much it appeared like a regulation leg break until it hit the pitch. Indeed, it looked like a long hop, and Stewart went back to cut, and it skidded in and bowled him.
The Gatting ball is the greatest purely because of the circumstances. There are many deliveries you could compare in terms of quality, even others from the same bowler, but to bowl such a delivery as a virtually unknown quantity with your very first ball in Ashes tests is amazing. Warne could do the exact same thing today and it would never recieve comparable acclaim or attention.
deeps
International 12th Man
UncleTheOne
U19 Captain
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1541667955546485428&q=simon+jones
Here is the Jones to Clarke ball. One of my favourites.
Here is the Jones to Clarke ball. One of my favourites.
deeps
International 12th Man
couple of nice ones here - but alot of pathetic shots
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1408602227918913001&q=simon+jones
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1408602227918913001&q=simon+jones
deeps
International 12th Man
B.Hogg to A.Flower in the world cup - that was an absolute ripper of a flipper
and i cant believe this, but Ashley Giles reciprocates Warne:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3926596476600340497&q=simon+jones
and i cant believe this, but Ashley Giles reciprocates Warne:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3926596476600340497&q=simon+jones
reardonville
Cricket Spectator
He Didn't bowl gilly in that match, only lbw, i think that the ball your thinking of was at adelaide ovel in the 01-02 vb series, and yes that was my favourite ball ever bowled, complete did him
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This one, from Wasim to Dravid, isn't half bad. Should've been out lbw beforehand, mind you.
1.Asif's ball to Laxman was a magic ball and I have never seen a better in-cutter than that ..
2.Aaqib Javed's delivery to Mark GB during world cup 92 ..
3.Shoaib's yorker to Tendulkar 99 was a classic
4.Shoaib's bouncer to Lara was a very dangerous one ( Though didn't get the wicket)
5.Malcom's Bouncer to Jonty was a nasty one too..
6.Hmmmm Imran's yorker to vishwanath was a ripper ..
7.Waqar's yorker to Lara (In which Lara fell down) was a classic one
8.Shane Warne's ball was a good one TBH (Though media hype'd it way more than the above mentioned deliveries )
2.Aaqib Javed's delivery to Mark GB during world cup 92 ..
3.Shoaib's yorker to Tendulkar 99 was a classic
4.Shoaib's bouncer to Lara was a very dangerous one ( Though didn't get the wicket)
5.Malcom's Bouncer to Jonty was a nasty one too..
6.Hmmmm Imran's yorker to vishwanath was a ripper ..
7.Waqar's yorker to Lara (In which Lara fell down) was a classic one
8.Shane Warne's ball was a good one TBH (Though media hype'd it way more than the above mentioned deliveries )