Furball
Evil Scotsman
Only time I can really recall it working was in an ODI vs England in 2005.
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How would you bowl to...
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Yeah with Ponting it's always a case of outside off and swinging away early on. And if that doesn't work, it was usually a case of forget it.
Bit like Graeme Smith, or at least the old version of him - everyone thought the best way was to bowl full outside off but in reality that almost never worked. The solution turned out to be straight and swinging back in.
In fact there've been many batsmen who have had ignoramus bowlers think that weaknesses existed where in fact they didn't. Some, like Ponting, that weakness was in reality a strength; some, like Stephen Waugh, it was merely a non-weakness that it was useless to try to exploit and in trying to exploit it bowlers often failed to maximise their one potential chance - which was full, straight and nipping back early on.
With Sehwag BTW I'd always say bowl outside off and try to get it to move away. Yes he'll smash some of them, but if you can get the outswing he'll nick one eventually. If you can't get outswing, don't hold your breath on getting him out and just try the usual back-of-length at the stumps and that way you have some chance of at least containing him.
Bit like Graeme Smith, or at least the old version of him - everyone thought the best way was to bowl full outside off but in reality that almost never worked. The solution turned out to be straight and swinging back in.
In fact there've been many batsmen who have had ignoramus bowlers think that weaknesses existed where in fact they didn't. Some, like Ponting, that weakness was in reality a strength; some, like Stephen Waugh, it was merely a non-weakness that it was useless to try to exploit and in trying to exploit it bowlers often failed to maximise their one potential chance - which was full, straight and nipping back early on.
With Sehwag BTW I'd always say bowl outside off and try to get it to move away. Yes he'll smash some of them, but if you can get the outswing he'll nick one eventually. If you can't get outswing, don't hold your breath on getting him out and just try the usual back-of-length at the stumps and that way you have some chance of at least containing him.
HMas
U19 12th Man
Asif has owned Sehwag almost every time. He cant play swining & incoming deliveries thats why his record in NZ,SA & Eng is rubbish
YouTube - Virender Sehwag gets OWNED by Mohammed Asif
YouTube - Virender Sehwag gets OWNED by Mohammed Asif
Shri
Mr. Glass
Sir Alex
Banned
It seems like Asif failed to get the message across to his teammates if Sehwag's record against Pakistan is anything to go by.
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That means McGrath's got Lara and Sachin 31 times. Sheesh
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Lol, harsh but funny.Ponting, like Bangladesh, should be removed from spinners records.
Top_Cat
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Wasim had enough success bringing the ball back into him. Usually took a top ball to nail him on the crease, though. Most of them probably would have got anyone, tbh.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
Tendulkar - I have seen him get out to left arm spin caught at first slip. Vettori has dismissed him I think 5 or 6 times.
I also think if you can get the ball to cut back in to him from short of a length - you could cause him some problems. That is how I would direct my medium pacers to bowl to him. He would probably score a ton anyway.
I also think if you can get the ball to cut back in to him from short of a length - you could cause him some problems. That is how I would direct my medium pacers to bowl to him. He would probably score a ton anyway.
Craig
World Traveller
In that case I would put all my fielders in the stands and on the roof, they might be in business there. Of course if I were of international standard and bowled at some decent pace, it would be different.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
And people wonder why Indians rate him as pretty much the best pacer of all time
Marshal and Lillee have nothing on him. (And I'm not talking Marshall and Lillee from How I Met Your Mother either)
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Haha wow, never noticed that.And people wonder why Indians rate him as pretty much the best pacer of all time
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Or maybe he's just miles better than any other Pakistan bowler at the current time.It seems like Asif failed to get the message across to his teammates if Sehwag's record against Pakistan is anything to go by.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
No obvious weakness in his game - would just use conventional policy of aim at the top of off and look to make it go away.
Used to very much be a case of pitch it up outside off and he'd edge a drive before long, but he cured that weakness a fair while back now - 4 years or so.
Debris
International 12th Man
I notice quite a few sides trying to get him out by testing his patience. Bowling 2 foot outside off stump. It has worked a couple of times as well.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yeah, def more of an Old Testament kind of deity. Plagues of chuntering and balls remorselessly zeroing in on the top of off stump.
What about Bradman? After 32/33 short might thought of as the best way to go, but he did still average more than any of his teammates.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Again though that's essentially a tactic that can easily work against most batsmen, and takes quite some skill to pull-off as a bowler the same way bowling constantly at the top of off does.
HMas
U19 12th Man
What is Younis record against India??It seems like Asif failed to get the message across to his teammates if Sehwag's record against Pakistan is anything to go by.
