tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post2723231583624497662..comments2024-03-28T03:56:27.275-07:00Comments on The Old Batsman: Slow: the new fastThe Old Batsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-36876236190914607352009-10-02T06:17:52.031-07:002009-10-02T06:17:52.031-07:00OB,
Maniacs who charge in, no worries but lob psyc...OB,<br />Maniacs who charge in, no worries but lob psychos different game; especially when everyone's on the boundary. They have to be swept I'm told. I'm small man not my shot, never seen the point of the sweep really.<br />I doubt I'll make it to Pakistan( not got the guts) but if I do odds on meeting spinners who toss it above the eyeline are slim. It's quite hard to do if you approach the crease with your wrist pointing at the batsman; the fashionable action of the age but whatever the action, no one tosses it up anymore. League cricket or first class cricket.Tom Redfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627264762466390963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-49497364437116090092009-10-02T04:13:34.967-07:002009-10-02T04:13:34.967-07:00Yeah, i have wielded the blade in Aus, but they...Yeah, i have wielded the blade in Aus, but they're all maniacs with handlebar mousers who want to kill you. Tom, if you go to Pakistan, imagine facing one there... <br /><br />But Kumble never got bloody geoffrey out though, did he... [did he?!?]The Old Batsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376172807195747856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-85189620998031087162009-10-02T01:45:42.309-07:002009-10-02T01:45:42.309-07:00I remember, years ago, Sir Geoffrey once saying th...I remember, years ago, Sir Geoffrey once saying that Anil Kumble should be played like a medium paced inswinger. <br /><br />600 plus test wickets later...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467402376534616886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193495965695124697.post-9547115302935406222009-10-01T15:16:57.422-07:002009-10-01T15:16:57.422-07:00The deck, the deck. It's all about the deck. B...The deck, the deck. It's all about the deck. Bowl a slow killer in Aus(never played there but so I'm told) or in indoor nets the ball goes far but bowl it in blighty, during a dry summer or wet summer, pray to gawd, pray to gawd you connect.Tom Redfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627264762466390963noreply@blogger.com