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Brett Lee Says he will bowl line and length from now on.
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Isolator Hereby Proclaims That He Will Bowl At 100000000 Miles Per Second And Also Solve World Hunger And Put An End To World Peace.
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Isolator Hereby Proclaims That He Will Bowl At 100000000 Miles Per Second And Also Solve World Hunger And Put An End To World Peace.
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luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
AA?Isolator said:
Is that you?
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Works well in short bursts against batsmen who are not yet in?simmy said:
Incidentally, I can't believe I wasn't on the ball quick enough to post, in response to the thread title "Lee to opt for line and length":
...There's a first time for everything
Shame on me.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
This is the last effort by Lee to claim a place among the good bowlers in test cricket. I will not say great because that would be a very select group. If the change Lee will use clicks, he has the chance to be remembered better than we would if he were to retire today. And the series versus the Windies will be a good series to experiment in this regard. Windies are a poor team but have some talented players. So it wouldnt exactly be cheap wickets and thus no idea if the tactic failed or succeeded.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
I'll believe it when I see it - but if it is true, it'll make him a much improved bowler. Say, if he bowled at 87-88 accurately with a bit of swing which he can get he would be pretty formidable IMO.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I dont know what you found unfair SJS. I am not diregarding Lee. But even you will accept that if he was to retire from test cricket right now, he will not be regarded among adequate test bowlers.SJS said:Thats very unfair
Everyone who played with me in league and college cricket agreed that whatever else I may or may not have done(and whatever batsmen did or didnt do to it), I always bowled line and length.
How come no one ever rates me for that ?
Pace without line and length means runs in international cricket. A little reduction of pace and more focus on line and length can make him very much adequate. The fact that he can become adequate means I am not shunning him but accepting he has the talent.
Just it has all not fitted perfectly.
As for you, I blame it on politics in Indian cricket
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Second time Pratyush .
Second time that you take my attempts (poor no doubt) of trying to be witty, to be serious and worse - a criticism of your post.
It had nothing to do with what you said. Believe me.
On the subject of Lee, you will find this poor sense of humour of mine in every post that I have put on this thread. I am afraid I find it very funny that someone should say (and an international professional sportsman at that) that he will do, after more than halfway down his career, what he has always been paid to do !!
Once in a while (though not so often in these times) I get a candidate i am interviewing for a position who, when asked of his strengths, claims that he is hard working and (worse still) honest. It never fails to amaze me and I tell them that. This is not a virtue that makes them imminently suitable for the job though lack of it is surely a clear indicator of which side of the dood they should have been to start with
I am sure Lee made an elaboration of his intentions but the thread title is a bit of an easy target for my level of poor sarcasm.
PS : BTW, He WAS bowling line and length even before, I suppose he is going to bowl a different line and a different length now
Someone else also posted something like, "you mean he wasnt bowling (good) line and length on purpose so far? "
That sums it up.
And you relax friend.
Second time that you take my attempts (poor no doubt) of trying to be witty, to be serious and worse - a criticism of your post.
It had nothing to do with what you said. Believe me.
On the subject of Lee, you will find this poor sense of humour of mine in every post that I have put on this thread. I am afraid I find it very funny that someone should say (and an international professional sportsman at that) that he will do, after more than halfway down his career, what he has always been paid to do !!
Once in a while (though not so often in these times) I get a candidate i am interviewing for a position who, when asked of his strengths, claims that he is hard working and (worse still) honest. It never fails to amaze me and I tell them that. This is not a virtue that makes them imminently suitable for the job though lack of it is surely a clear indicator of which side of the dood they should have been to start with
I am sure Lee made an elaboration of his intentions but the thread title is a bit of an easy target for my level of poor sarcasm.
PS : BTW, He WAS bowling line and length even before, I suppose he is going to bowl a different line and a different length now
Someone else also posted something like, "you mean he wasnt bowling (good) line and length on purpose so far? "
That sums it up.
And you relax friend.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
NO. I think you are too seriously passionately about cricket which is a great attribute. Dont change that.Pratyush said:I am dumb witted. Its not that you are not witty
But I am surprised you even missed my attempt to deprecate my own bowling while wailing to be rated ...
(and whatever batsmen did or didnt do to it), I always bowled line and length.