Saturday, November 15, 2008
Can Dan Cullen bowl a doosra?
I ask because I saw him bowl balls spinning from leg to off during the warmups last night (the warmups was the only time I was in line with the bowler). Some of them I picked as leg breaks, but others I didn't, making me wonder if he can bowl a doosra now. It's equally possible that I wasn't paying close enough attention to his hand.
Other notes from last night's game:
- What would be a good name for a team which includes Michael Dighton, Dan Marsh, and Ryan Harris? I know, All Stars.
- Brendan Drew was bowling nice little outswingers in the warmups.
- When Xavier Doherty was fielding at long off a few metres from me, I resisted the temptation to tell him that he's got the worst first-class average of any bowler ever. It's only just false. With the qualification of 5000 balls, the only people with worse averages are a guy who only played for Oxford University, Sachin Tendulkar, and Stuart Saunders, who at least averaged 25 with the bat for Tassie. But Doherty's pretty good at limited-overs cricket. Weird.
- When Magoffin (I like Magoffin — he was the only guy who stuck in my memory from the Queensland Academy side I saw play India in 2003/4) was bowling to Sean Marsh, Gilchrist set a 7-2 field. It was a disgustingly negative tactic. Captains have a responsibility to make sure that the game is entertaining for the spectators. It's because of people like Gilchrist that people are turning away from Twenty20 cricket.
Other notes from last night's game:
- What would be a good name for a team which includes Michael Dighton, Dan Marsh, and Ryan Harris? I know, All Stars.
- Brendan Drew was bowling nice little outswingers in the warmups.
- When Xavier Doherty was fielding at long off a few metres from me, I resisted the temptation to tell him that he's got the worst first-class average of any bowler ever. It's only just false. With the qualification of 5000 balls, the only people with worse averages are a guy who only played for Oxford University, Sachin Tendulkar, and Stuart Saunders, who at least averaged 25 with the bat for Tassie. But Doherty's pretty good at limited-overs cricket. Weird.
- When Magoffin (I like Magoffin — he was the only guy who stuck in my memory from the Queensland Academy side I saw play India in 2003/4) was bowling to Sean Marsh, Gilchrist set a 7-2 field. It was a disgustingly negative tactic. Captains have a responsibility to make sure that the game is entertaining for the spectators. It's because of people like Gilchrist that people are turning away from Twenty20 cricket.
# posted by David Barry : 00:08
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And let's not forget Gilchrist's insidious practise of 'walking', with which he ridicules the umpires and their decision-making processes.
If ever a player should be drummed out of the cricketing fraternity, it's Gilchrist, all right.
If ever a player should be drummed out of the cricketing fraternity, it's Gilchrist, all right.
Gilchrist was a double edged soldier.
Ps- David. Thanks for stopping by the flyslip
1)Do you mind updating the blogroll link to
http://www.theflyslip.net/
2)Reckon you can come up with a solution to the DL system? I think teams being asked to score more runs than the first team is not on.
Would you be keen on such a idea ?
Ps- David. Thanks for stopping by the flyslip
1)Do you mind updating the blogroll link to
http://www.theflyslip.net/
2)Reckon you can come up with a solution to the DL system? I think teams being asked to score more runs than the first team is not on.
Would you be keen on such a idea ?
hey david, thanks for your insights on the d/l system.
it was good fun. i think i like the idea of the restriction on the wickets actually.
ps- mind updating the blog link mate.
cheers !
it was good fun. i think i like the idea of the restriction on the wickets actually.
ps- mind updating the blog link mate.
cheers !
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Just come across your site when I was searching for other cricket blogs on Google. Your site is one I would definetly consider to having a high standard, I can say I would defiently be reading it from time to time!
I also have a cricket site of my own I would highly recommend you having a look at. It is called "Cricket, the Brilliant Game" and the web address for it is www.whoplayscricket.com. If you are also interested in doing a link exchange with me feel free to email your site's details to my email at whoplayscricket@gmail.com, and when you add my site please use the following details:
Site Name: Cricket, the Brilliant Game!
Web Address: www.whoplayscricket.com
Link name: Cricket, the Brilliant Game!
Also email me when you have added me so I can add your site on mine promptly.
Cheers!
Rob
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I'm not sure why there is excitement about a right-handed offspinner bowling a ball that spins from leg to off, instead of off to leg. In a fingerspinner, are we talking about the ability to roll the fingers right to left across the ball during delivery, as opposed to the natural left to right, or am I missing something?
I am the world's worst park offspinner -- so bad I rarely got a bowl, but I could certainly get the ball to move to leg through the air, because of spin, then spin back to off.
The end result was the same as my stock offspinner -- smashed to the boundary.
I am the world's worst park offspinner -- so bad I rarely got a bowl, but I could certainly get the ball to move to leg through the air, because of spin, then spin back to off.
The end result was the same as my stock offspinner -- smashed to the boundary.
# posted by 
: 7 Dec 2008, 4:23:00 am
: 7 Dec 2008, 4:23:00 am
people turn away from T20 because of Gilly. Now, c'mon David, you know thats so not true. Whatever be your immediate frustrations on this particular incident, Gilly surely brings more bums on the seat than he repels - even if he is playing test cricket rather than T20?
# posted by : 9 Dec 2008, 8:38:00 am
: 9 Dec 2008, 8:38:00 am
Raj, I wasn't being serious. Some commentators were suggesting a restriction to 6 fielders on the off side after the fourth Test in India. While I can vaguely see their point against 8-1 fields, there's nothing wrong with 7-2 fields.
I will no doubt soon go back to statistical analysis, but for the next few posts I'll probably do statistical lists. Usually I find these boring, but since I don't know of such first-class lists online, I thought that they'd be of interest.
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