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Sri Lanka's short bowling options for India.
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The power of Crashrafool compels you
You had thought that when Bangladesh exited from the T20 World Cup, Crashrafool had left the Caribbean too. The proper cricket could now start. No physically and mentally challenged ball of talent around to frustrate you to your death.
Then you saw India play. These world class batsmen were falling victims to short balls. Murali Vijay was a frequent and often the first offender. Gambhir was not far behind, as was Yusuf Pathan. You didn’t think Pathan was going to be the only one not following the latest trend did you?
“This is normal!” you scream. Indians fall for the short balls like the teenage girls fall for the latest, effeminate, pre-pubescent singer with ugly hair. What you did not realize is that underneath the disguise of the short ball there was also a large number of stupid shots being played that lead to their dismissals. Stupid shots, world class batsmen- remember these two phrases for now.
Then we have a look at Sri Lanka and those two phrases resonate from the back of our minds. Again, world-class batsmen (albeit less than India) and stupid shots. Even Mahela played a stupid shot. You know Mahela? Whose T20 WC resume so far reads 81, 100, 98*? Yeah, that Mahela.
The mystery lies in the power of Crashrafool. He too goes to short balls and stupid shots, except he is a semi-world class batsman. Okay, quarter. Fine, one-sixteenth. But his power spreads far and wide, even when he is not on the islands. He leaves his trace and world class batsmen sniff it out like FBI-trained Labradors. They then proceed to revive the trace into a full-fledged Crashrafool-esque performance. The same flamboyance and then the same brain fail. It is all very touching.
The Crashrafool is pleased, yes, he is very pleased.
by Purna
who blogs at Cricket Minded
and they said we can't play short pitch stuff...
take your eyes of the ball... get your helmet knocked off to stumps... look around visibly embarrassed... and hope your country men proclaim that actually it's indians who can not play short pitch stuff...
and they said we can't play short pitch stuff...
keep your head down and eyes off the line of the ball... pray that the ball whizzes past you without hitting anything... and let your countrymen proclaim that actually its us who can not play short pitch stuff...
RT Ponting* retired hurt 23
suresh raina and off season work-outs...
“I have been working a lot on short deliveries with my coach Deepak Sharma in the Lucknow sports hostel. Last few weeks I’ve been batting on the Astroturf surface of the hockey stadium present within the hostel premises. It offers good bounce and ball travels faster. We have also been using hockey balls for the same reason,”
raina said on asking what he was doing to prepare against short bowling...
cricketers just don't only relax in the off season... they do lots of things to keep themselves refreshed... and work on their short comings... delhi boy aakash chopra has come-up with yet another insightful article on how cricketers use off season...
as he says in his article...
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
very true aakash... are you listening rohit...?
how to play short pitch bowling...
with eyes closed...head down...swing bat in hope rather than conviction...and pray that the ball does not land in the waiting hands of trap laid exactly for that purpose...
...and they said WE can't play short pitch stuff...
pix courtesy - times of india
And they say we can't play short bowling
32.4
Onions to Katich, OUT, this is up in the air at fine leg - what a catch! A stunner from Broad. On the pull, he top-edged it and Broad ran 10 or 12 yards to his right before diving, taking it low. Brilliant
SM Katich c Broad b Onions 48 (93b 6x4 0x6) SR: 51.61
45.5
Broad to Johnson, OUT, another one falls for the trap! Broad bangs it in short and Johnson hooks, but he can't keep it down, it skies out to Cook at deep square leg
MG Johnson c Cook b Broad 4 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 36.36
47.5
Broad to Haddin, OUT, Broad strikes with another short one! Haddin hooks but doesn't get enough of it and it bobs up to midwicket where Cook takes the catch
BJ Haddin c Cook b Broad 28 (38b 3x4 0x6) SR: 73.68
And there was North, who looked to pull, but it wasn't short enough.
Earlier on the shorter stuff, Strauss...
...and they said WE can't play short pitch stuff...
19.6 Johnson to Strauss, OUT, and the bouncer does the trick! It's a quick one and right on line, Strauss can't get out of the way and the ball clearly takes his gloves and flies up in the air, Clarke runs back from the cordon to take a simple chance
AJ Strauss c Clarke b Johnson 30 (60b 4x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
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