Official Jasprit Bumrah fanboying thread

[OverratedSanity]

Well Umesh played all through the 2016/17 home season while the rest got great averages playing in South Africa, England Australia West Indies against relatively weak batting line ups and spicy pitches.
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And two of his best tests came when Rahane was filling in as captain, so still technically in the Kohli era of captaincy. He's improved loads. The fact that him and Bhuvi cant get in the team is pretty crazy considering how well they've done for the most part over the last 2 years in limited opportunities. Indian pace bowlers have all gone up a level since about 2016 or so, well before Bumrah even debuted.

 

[Daemon]

So they compared Bumrah's action to Roach's and apparently his release point gives him a half metre advantage which makes him feel that much quicker.

 

[Cow Corner]

Interesting graphic showing Bumrah's release point being 50cm ahead of others such as Kemar Roach in this example, another aspect of his unique action which makes it harder for the batsmen facing him.

 

[Cow Corner]

This is peak fanboying with both us taking that screenshot and posting at the same point!!

 

[Kirkut]

When was the last time CW went into fanboying mode for a fast bowler? Was it Amir in 2010?

EDIT: I'm guessing it's Mitchell Johnson in 2013/14 or Broad taking 8-15

 

[OverratedSanity]

So they compared Bumrah's action to Roach's and apparently his release point gives him a half metre advantage which makes him feel that much quicker.

Is that a comparison for deliveries that picthed around the same length? Otherwise it doesnt really make much sense

 

[nightprowler10]

Finally got a chance to watch his hatrick. What a phenom.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Was listening to an interview of his in Australia where he mentioned bowling short on slow decks is actually a great tactic because you can bang it in real short and always get it around that chest height, unlike on bouncier wickets where bouncers are tougher to aim. On wickets with bounce you just hit a length and let the pitch do it's bit instead of getting carried away. The guy thinks, which is kinda rare.

I feel like that would not be a clever tactic against a batsman that can play a pull-shot

 

[Daemon]

I feel like that would not be a clever tactic against a batsman that can play a pull-shot

Not many of those around these days

Also good excuse to bring this up

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not many of those around these days

I've been thinking about that lately too. Front-foot/on the crease planting from T20 cricket is to blame IMO

 

[Daemon]

Randomly flailing at rising balls also tends to produce top edged sixes more often than not on some of the smaller grounds. Risk to reward ratio is well in favour of the batsmen.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Randomly flailing at rising balls also tends to produce top edged sixes more often than not on some of the smaller grounds. Risk to reward ratio is well in favour of the batsmen.

Pretty decent summary of Brendon McCullum's career this

 

[ankitj]

Bumrah has jumped to #3 in test bowlers rankings. Has breached 800 rating points.

 

[ankitj]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27551075/complete-bowler-format

Some interesting and some meh stats in the article. I like the one about average against top 7 batsmen.

 

[h_hurricane]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27551075/complete-bowler-format

Some interesting and some meh stats in the article. I like the one about average against top 7 batsmen.

Ian Botham picked up 70 wickets at 17 in his first 12 tests !

Also, it is nice to see Venkatesh Prasad picking up 5 wicket hauls in 4 different countries so early in his career. Whatever happened after that !

 

[vcs]

Big Vern has some great numbers there as well. Made an amazing start to his career. Forever underrated on here though.

 

[Teja.]

Shorter, better quality Bumrah material.:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_tahrr7qg - ball to holder 1st test

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4SidFcd9PYM - opener wickets first test

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rgODqe61G7Y - hattrick

 

[ankitj]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28567625/deadly-unique-bumrah-impact

Has made a pretty good comeback in limited overs from injury. Like he was never away.

 

[stephen]

I can't wait until he plays a home test.

 

[Flem274*]

this is the most hyped i've ever been to see an indian test attack in nz. last nz tour was decent, but shami aside it was around the beginning of ishants emergence and zaheers final stand even though both bowled very very well at times.

with bumrah, shami and yadav this just needs stuart binnys ***y medium pace and im in clover.