Andrew Strauss should not get caught up in trying to ensure England’s series against Pakistan in the UAE is incident-free, Michael Vaughan writes in the Daily Telegraph. England’s aggressive body language in the field is one of their biggest strengths, Vaughan says, and they must use it because they will be up against the best bowling attack they have faced since they went to South Africa two winters ago. Aggression is not all about being lippy. England are aggressive in other ways. In the field it is with their body…
Former Pakistani cricketer Saleem Jaffar has said Imran Khan set the fast bowling trend in Pakistan, which subsequently led to the arrival of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed, Shoaib Akhtar, Moh
Be it Vernon Philander, Pat Cummins or James Pattinson, Doug Bracewell or Umesh Yadav, pace has dominated in the most recent Test series, says Andrew Alderson, writing in the New Zealand Herald. Subsequently, in the age of Twenty20, batting techniques look brittle. Observations indicate pace bowling’s resurgence could be a trend; at least in places where grass grows willingly. Evidence of pace bowling dominance has come with the wickets taken in the last five series. In the first test of the Australia-India series, quick bowlers took 88 per cent of…
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Shane Bond in the Hamilton Test match in 2002 when 36 wickets fell for just 507 runs
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With Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma breaking the 150 kmph mark and Zaheer Khan looking like he has regained his best, India’s seam attack appears capable of taking 20 Australian wickets. The batsmen have failed to show up though, and could do well to take inspiration from the bowling attack, writes S Ram Mahesh in The Hindu. Gambhir seemed to feel this burden at the MCG, his anxiety conveyed in his bottom-hand grip. When he’s at his best, the hands work in unison, top leading, bottom modulating. In both innings…
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SYDNEY: India may lack the bowling firepower to pull off a first-ever Test series win in Australia, former Test gr
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Michael Clarke, writing in Australia’s Daily Telegraph, says his team takes responsibility for the batting in Hobart. Australia, he says, have the prefect chance to start moving in the right direction once more in the Border-Gavaskar series. When I first came into the Australian team everyone said we had a weakness against spin bowling and we did a lot of work on that. That’s what we’re doing now against the swinging and seaming ball. We’re practising as much as we can. It will take time for us to improve and…
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Mushtaq Ahmed , England's spin bowling coach, has played down the home advantage Pakistan will enjoy during the series against England in the UAE, saying his team has grown used to playing on …
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“Doug Bracewell was always going to be a tough customer,” writes Ian Snook for Fairfax Media. “He had to be just to keep up with his father Brendon. As a three-year-old he fully comprehended “line” and “length” when bowling in the nets and he understood the punishment if the ball travelled down the leg side. This lad was getting ready to play Test cricket.” Brendon is no ordinary individual and no ordinary coach. Cricket oozes out of every part of his body. A New Zealand international at the age of…
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