How would you bowl to x batsman?

Isolator · 15-08-2005, 01:22 AM

Where 'x' should be a good batsman, generally considered difficult to bowl to. By 'bowl' I mean bowling to get the wicket, not to contain. Any other tactics, field placings and so forth can also be included.

Let's start with Pietersen. He's the reason I started this thread, actually. Seeing the way he was dismissed yesterday, I wonder whether Australia has a definite plan to bowl full and round the wicket to him, or was it just a one-off thing?
His method makes it quite difficult to attack the stumps directly, so what would you do?

Include any other batsmen you think would fit in here.

age_master · 15-08-2005, 03:01 AM

Pieterson doesn't seem to like short bowling as much, or fast bowling for that matter. Michael Clarke and Shane Warne have got him out a couple of times too so i would probably bowl Warne and Lee at him in preference.

Jamee999 · 15-08-2005, 03:09 AM

Yorkers on middle stump round the wicket, throw in the bouncer occasionly
Spinners, over the wicket outside off stump.

King_Ponting · 15-08-2005, 03:56 AM

i'd love to see pietersen on the turning tracks of india. My prediction, a ponting esque record.

Shane Warne · 15-08-2005, 07:27 AM

Have a fast bowler bowl a full toss which is hitting the stumps on the full and he'll miss it.

He's been out LBW twice to that in the series, although one of course wasn't given.

simmy · 15-08-2005, 07:41 AM

Bowling around the wicket to Pietersen may have worked yesterday but you cant help but think that that is a massively risky tactic to such a dominant legside player. Unfortunately for Australia it really was just a one-off.

FaaipDeOiad · 15-08-2005, 08:20 AM

Pietersen's weakness has always looked to be his leg-side bias. He's quite a strong player of both spin and pace (although we've yet to see him combat swing or seam to a major degree), but he struggles to score when the ball is put well wide of off, and seems to sort of flail at the ball out there. I wouldn't be surprised (assuming he doesn't correct it) if some captain down the road works him out with an accurate bowler and a stacked off-side field, a bit like Fleming with Martyn in 2001, although for a different reason.

15-08-2005, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Isolator State 12th Man Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: India Posts: 752	How would you bowl to x batsman? Where 'x' should be a good batsman, generally considered difficult to bowl to. By 'bowl' I mean bowling to get the wicket, not to contain. Any other tactics, field placings and so forth can also be included. Let's start with Pietersen. He's the reason I started this thread, actually. Seeing the way he was dismissed yesterday, I wonder whether Australia has a definite plan to bowl full and round the wicket to him, or was it just a one-off thing? His method makes it quite difficult to attack the stumps directly, so what would you do? Include any other batsmen you think would fit in here.

15-08-2005, 03:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
age_master Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 15,777	Pieterson doesn't seem to like short bowling as much, or fast bowling for that matter. Michael Clarke and Shane Warne have got him out a couple of times too so i would probably bowl Warne and Lee at him in preference. __________________ Member of CW Green Kerry O'Keefe - Worlds funniest Commentator

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Jamee999 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leicestershire, UK Posts: 15,068	Yorkers on middle stump round the wicket, throw in the bouncer occasionly Spinners, over the wicket outside off stump. __________________ Or something. RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006

15-08-2005, 08:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
FaaipDeOiad Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 18,682	Pietersen's weakness has always looked to be his leg-side bias. He's quite a strong player of both spin and pace (although we've yet to see him combat swing or seam to a major degree), but he struggles to score when the ball is put well wide of off, and seems to sort of flail at the ball out there. I wouldn't be surprised (assuming he doesn't correct it) if some captain down the road works him out with an accurate bowler and a stacked off-side field, a bit like Fleming with Martyn in 2001, although for a different reason. __________________ I know a place where a royal flush Can never beat a pair

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15-08-2005, 03:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
King_Ponting International Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,043	i'd love to see pietersen on the turning tracks of india. My prediction, a ponting esque record.

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Shane Warne Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria Posts: 1,073	Have a fast bowler bowl a full toss which is hitting the stumps on the full and he'll miss it. He's been out LBW twice to that in the series, although one of course wasn't given.

15-08-2005, 07:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	Bowling around the wicket to Pietersen may have worked yesterday but you cant help but think that that is a massively risky tactic to such a dominant legside player. Unfortunately for Australia it really was just a one-off.

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