How would you bowl to...

[Sir Alex]

Sachin Tendulkar - I reallyy can't see any particular weakness in his batting except that he conjures up ways to get dismissed by debutants and batsmen who can bowl.

 

[G.I.Joe]

EDIT: Sachin - monotonous line just outside off stump.

 

[silentstriker]

Only in tests mate.

Well, I'm only speaking about cricket.

Sachin, definitely a couple inches outside off stump, he'll nibble at it eventually.

 

[NasserFan207]

Ponting - used to be full and straight early on, though maybe these days a quick short ball works better?

 

[Sir Alex]

EDIT: Sachin - monotonous line just outside off stump.

Well, I'm only speaking about cricket.

Sachin, definitely a couple inches outside off stump, he'll nibble at it eventually.

1. It is hard to maintain that line.
2. Sachin of the old would have of course nibbled at it. However post 2007 Sachin has seemingly overcome that particular weakness.

Also he used to be a bunny against medium pacers who pitched it just outside off stump on a good length and seamed into the batsman. In fact in the 99-00 downunder series, Abdul Razack owned him with that kind of deliveries by bowling him through the gate.

 

[NasserFan207]

1. It is hard to maintain that line.
2. Sachin of the old would have of course nibbled at it. However post 2007 Sachin has seemingly overcome that particular weakness.

Also he used to be a bunny against medium pacers who pitched it just outside off stump on a good length and seamed into the batsman. In fact in the 99-00 downunder series, Abdul Razack owned him with that kind of deliveries by bowling him through the gate.

All batsman have the just outside offstump weakness. Its a fundamental part of cricket. Many deal with it better than others (judgement) but everyone has this weakness, should all else fail.

 

[Sir Alex]

Ponting - used to be full and straight early on, though maybe these days a quick short ball works better?

Choose thy pick

 

[Sir Alex]

All batsman have the just outside offstump weakness. Its a fundamental part of cricket. Many deal with it better than others (judgement) but everyone has this weakness, should all else fail.

I agree. However I haven't seen Tendulkar get out in that fashion many times in the last few years.

 

[NasserFan207]

Choose thy pick

Can I choose

please?

 

[Sir Alex]

Can I choose

please?

Lol, he would have owned anyone.

 

[Goughy]

Lol, he would have owned anyone.

Interestingly, everyone apart from Slater.

 

[Sir Alex]

Interestingly, everyone apart from Slater.

Flat decks, Ambrose over the hill. etc, I can think of many reasons...

But...

Well Harbhajan owned Ponting didnt he? it is kind of that bizzare, perhaps unexplainable... That is the beauty of cricket. Even the most feared goliaths have their meekest davids.

 

[silentstriker]

Anderson always seems to get Tendulkar too.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Cronje got Tendulkar 5 times.

 

[silentstriker]

Match Fixing. Tendulkar obviously in on it.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Here are some fun facts. Cronje has dismissed Tendulkar 8 times in all forms of cricket. Tendulkar has dismissed Inzamam 8 times in all cricket In comparison, Warne has dismissed Tendulkar only 4 times. Muralitharan has had him 12 times. The bowlers most successful against Tendulkar are Lee (14), McGrath (13) and Pollock (13).

Harbhajan has had Ponting 13 times in all forms of the game. Next up is Vaas with 12. Ishant has already had him 5 times. Ambrose had him 3 times.

 

[G.I.Joe]

The bowlers most successful against Lara were McGrath (18) and Nel (11).
Warne got him 10 times, Kumble 9 times, and Murali 6.

Kumble got Ponting 10 times, and Murali did so 6 times.

So, Kumble has dismissed Lara+Ponting 19 times, Murali has dismissed Sachin+Lara+Ponting 24 times, and Warne has dismissed Lara+Sachin 14 times.

 

[silentstriker]

Ponting, like Bangladesh, should be removed from spinners records.

 

[Slifer]

Lol

 

[Uppercut]

Ponting - used to be full and straight early on, though maybe these days a quick short ball works better?

Full and straight to Ponting early on never really worked, it just looked like it might. He's barely ever got out lbw in his career.