SJS
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Point !Could be that Ishant expects the batsman also to pay more attention to his mane than ball.
Point !Could be that Ishant expects the batsman also to pay more attention to his mane than ball.
Dude, have you seen mohammad kaif?Ugliest player in world cricket IMO.
Reminds me very much of McGrath, actually. His stock ball for a long time was the ball seaming back into the batsmen. So batsmen started to move across more and pick him off their pads. So he worked on bowling so the ball held its line or moved away and started to really dominate from that point onwards. Can see Sharma having to do the same thing.He seems to be picking up his wickets with the one which seams back in, and he's esp. troubled Ponting with that, most likely as he gets on the front foot so early.
I wonder whether taking an off stump guard might help the right handers, getting them outside the line more often than not and allowing them to cover the off cut. It may also make him bowl at them more. I realise that may bring an lbw into play, but I'd think if he's forced to bowl straighter then if the ball jags towards leg then it's likely to miss. If it doesn't you'd think top quality players would pick him off their pads.
Zaheer well yes he has certainly been better since he came back in early 07. But the rest have started brilliant and gone nowhere.^Whats wrong with Zaheer?Patel bowled exceptionally well in SL odi series..Seroiusly Indian bowlers are way too underestimated.
Disagree, unlike Pathan who came out storming frm the U-19 world with his Akram-like swing with 140+ kph pace, and then gradually faded out, Ishant came into the International scene with good performances in the domestic structure. And when he first appeared on the scene in 2007, he hardly caught anyone's eyes, and was dropped. He went back, worked on his pace, did the domestic circuit well and earned his place to Australia. And then he did that Ponting spell. All these times, he has learned quickly and his pace has increased. Also he has learnt a few more skills like the slower one, and now the reverse swing.Zaheer well yes he has certainly been better since he came back in early 07. But the rest have started brilliant and gone nowhere.
Sharma's early form is soooooooooo reminiscent of Pathan in 04, Patel in his debut series vs ENG was bowling 90 mph reverse swinger deliviers & has lost that early spark even if he is still a decent bowler and as i presume you are an Indian fan you would know the stories of Nehra etc.
Its not that Indian seamers are under-rated, but ever since Dev retied EVER quick that looks a bit good for a while gets a whole leap of pressure to be the next great pace-bowling hope. So you just have to be cautious when rating them.
Or have long, strange looking dreadlocks which he ties in a knot at the front when he bowls.Re: Ishants hair. Could be worse. Could walk out wearing a hair band.
Except Pathan did little of great note against strong Test nations (ie. not Bangladesh and Zimbabwe).Sharma's early form is soooooooooo reminiscent of Pathan in 04,
No, actually, he was the same paced Test bowler he is now - somebody who bowls mainly at 135kph, dropping as low to 125kph and getting up to over 140kph, peaking at around 145kph.Patel in his debut series vs ENG was bowling 90 mph reverse swinger deliviers
Well fair enough, i guess i should probably say the hype is similar, since Sharma definately seems to be improving game by game, long may it continue.Disagree, unlike Pathan who came out storming frm the U-19 world with his Akram-like swing with 140+ kph pace, and then gradually faded out, Ishant came into the International scene with good performances in the domestic structure. And when he first appeared on the scene in 2007, he hardly caught anyone's eyes, and was dropped. He went back, worked on his pace, did the domestic circuit well and earned his place to Australia. And then he did that Ponting spell. All these times, he has learned quickly and his pace has increased. Also he has learnt a few more skills like the slower one, and now the reverse swing.
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Unlike Pathan who completely relied on his ability to bring the ball into the RHB at a good pace, Ishant has much more variety, and a pace that is only gaining as he is ageing.
Nah man, his pace & action all seems to have changed in rapid time since that series.No, actually, he was the same paced Test bowler he is now - somebody who bowls mainly at 135kph, dropping as low to 125kph and getting up to over 140kph, peaking at around 145kph.
I think the illusions have been created by media,manee is rightNah man, his pace & action all seems to have changed in rapid time since that series.
I clearly remember in the second test of that series he had a spell of serious pace bowling Geraint Jones & Hoggard with 150 mph yorkers & getting someone else LBW too, while maintaining a pace range of 140-145 mph.
Around that time a lot of Indian fans on CW where hyping him & Sreenath too was Indian's new generation tearaways. No he is around that pace you are mentioning, he still looks a solid operator of course but another clear example of an intially overhyped Indian quick,
Well. He took four wickets for 0 in the first four balls of a Test match against Pakistan.Except Pathan did little of great note against strong Test nations (ie. not Bangladesh and Zimbabwe).
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