Sep 11, 2009

What is it about Shane Bond

Gaurav saw a post of mine and asked what makes Bond one of my favorite players. Well, first, I always had a thing for right-arm fast bowlers because I started playing cricket as a fast bowler. During those early days, I couldn't even hold a bat properly, so I am more inclined towards those bowlers who are genuine tailenders.

Allan Donald, Curtly Ambrose (though he batted left), Glenn McGrath, etc.

I am not so hot about left-arm fast bowlers. I am not sure why. Maybe because I cannot visualize using that bowling action. Obviously, there are quite a few great bowlers like Wasim Akram in that list.

What also attracts me about Bond and nowadays Vettori is that they are great players in a mediocre team and are one reason why New Zealand is even competitive in cricket today.

Andy Flower was another such person, boasting a 50 average in the worst Test-playing team, which means that he never got free runs for playing against Zimbabwe, unlike some present Test players I know.


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5 comments:

  1. pRAFsSeptember 11, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    thing for fast bowlers eh?
    looks like i've found a groupie(only in the blogging sense)!
    cheers!

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  2. SomSeptember 11, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Bond has a clear action and I like cops who are man of (clear) action.

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  3. straight pointSeptember 11, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    bond always has special liking of our batsmen... lets see how it goes today...

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  4. Gaurav Sethi September 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    Krish, what about the wincing? Not very winsome is it?

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  5. Sriram DayanandSeptember 11, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Another thing which attracts one to Bond is his flawless bowling action. I remember Shastri pointedly making a remark about it during the 2003 WCup - at a time when tehre were murmurs and whispers about Lee and Akhtar's actions.

    Bond is a personal favourite of mine also. Thrilled that he is back.

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