View Single Post
Old 16-09-2005, 04:15 AM   #159 (permalink)
Zinzan
Cricketer Of The Year
 
Zinzan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: cover point
Posts: 9,734
Quote:
Originally Posted by magsi23
Well its interesting to see how England bowlers are reverse swinging the old ball in current ashes series and they are getting all the media attention etc, i remember on Pakistan's tour of england 1992, when great Waqar younis and Wasim Akram bowled superbly in that series, they were acused of ball tempering, cheating and all sorts in the media? i wonder what England bowlers are doing now? is that cheating too?
England aren't using instruments like bottle-caps and god knows what else to create one side of the ball staying rough. They are simply keeping one side shined-up and hoping a hard pitch and rough outfield will rough up the other side
Zinzan is offline   Reply With Quote