Sehwag weak against shortball : johnson

[Top_Cat]

Bit of a beat up. I guess if you were being told to bowl at Sehwag at home, on his current form, you'd be grimly grasping onto whatever supposed weakness you can find/imagine. And he didn't really slag the guy either.

That said, you have to love the classic dumb fast-bowler idea of insightful strategy - "hmmmmm, I know what I'll do! Bowl a bouncer!! They'll never see that coming!"

haha true. But if he directs them as well as he did in SA a couple of years ago, it won't matter whether they know it's coming or not.

 

[Spark]

Think some chin music does unsettle Sehwag but doubt it'll get him out, even with a sucker ball follow-up. He's Ponting-like in his ability to forget what just happened and concentrate on the next ball.

Langer was even better IIRC. The guy had an astonishing ability to not be rattled by anything at all (good thing too given how often he took one to the arm/elbow/chest/chin)

 

[Jono]

Short at the body is a good tactic against Sehwag, if there is decent bounce in the wicket. Surely Mitch isn't saying anything new here.

 

[Migara]

No one has tried the yorker against him. Might be a good ploy after after few bouncers

 

[NasserFan207]

No one has tried the yorker against him. Might be a good ploy after after few bouncers

Pretty sure Malinga's tried that tactic.

Sehwag is brutal of his stumps and through the offside, particularly when there's little movement. I think a tactic for a bowler like Johnson of bowling a few sharp short ones and then pushing it across is probably the only tactic available to him, and there's probably a chance it will work.

In all honesty, the most likely person to get Sehwag out is Sehwag, via a loose shot or something.

 

[Burgey]

The idea of bouncing Sehwag out in the subcontinent is a little bit silly. Not to mention that the guy has scored runs in Australia for fun.

They might beam him instead. Yeah you get no-balled, but it's worth it if you maim him.

One thing Johnson does have going for him is this occasional ability to get crazily alarming lift, even from placid surfaces. hedoesn't do it all the time mind, and of course we never know which Johnson might turn up on any given day. But he does have this ability to generate un-nerving bounce from even a reasonable length on flattish decks.

Suppose we wait to see what is in the pitches. I mean, if Australia bat first and post anything decent, by the time he gets th eball the wicket is likely to have flattened out anyways. Still can't blame him for giving it a go against Sehwag.

 

[vic_orthdox]

My favourite part of the article:

I think more people get enjoyment out of watching me bowl than bat," Katich said.

I've long thought it'd be great just to watch someone try and bounce Sehwag out, and stick in a deep point and a third man. Whether it would be successful or not, it'd make for some bloody entertaining cricket.

 

[Shri]

Times of India says the Mohali pitch is going to be low and slow with a bit of assistance to seam bowling. Reasons given for the pitch condition were the lack of domestic games and the rain.

 

[honestbharani]

Whatever motivates him. To be fair to him, media just picks off one thing to make him look silly. If one reads the whole article, he has not said anything controversial.

AWTA... mountain, molehill etc..

 

[Jono]

Indeed.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Not sure why Australian fast bowlers think they can bounce out Sehwag...
Firstly Indian pitches have very predictable bounce..
Secondly, Sehwag is a good cutter and puller of the ball..

Now unless someone can really surprise him with extra pace and bounce..I dont see this being successful..


A smarter move would have been to try to swing the ball..whether away or into him..That is something he has real issues with.

 

[TumTum]

Not sure why Australian fast bowlers think they can bounce out Sehwag...

He got his man didn't he?

Secondly, Sehwag is a good cutter and puller of the ball..

No. Hardly ever see him cut or pull.

 

[TumTum]

A smarter move would have been to try to swing the ball..whether away or into him..That is something he has real issues with.

Well you can't bowl swinging deliveries at will...

 

[GotSpin]

Well you can't bowl swinging deliveries at will...

Johnson doesn't keep a straight up seam enough

 

[Daemon]

Firstly Indian pitches have very predictable bounce..

Bounce on this pitch is not really predictable.

 

[vcs]

He got his man didn't he?



No. Hardly ever see him cut or pull.

You haven't seen him cut?

And he plays the pull well on slow subcontinental tracks, he doesn't bother to keep it down because he usually hits it well enough. His technique against the short ball can get him into trouble on bouncier wickets though.

 

[TumTum]

You haven't seen him cut?

Doesn't he just play the back-foot drive, or the guide over the slips? Far from the authentic cut like Strauss. (I mean that in a good way, as it is played with a straight bat)

 

[vcs]

Doesn't he just play the back-foot drive, or the guide over the slips? Far from the authentic cut like Strauss. (I mean that in a good way, as it is played whit a straight bat)

Yeah, I guess you have a point there. It's not the conventional footwork, but that isn't Sehwag's game anyway.

 

[Shri]

Doesn't he just play the back-foot drive, or the guide over the slips? Far from the authentic cut like Strauss. (I mean that in a good way, as it is played whit a straight bat)

One of his primary shots that fetches him a lot of runs tbh. Never had much confidence in his pull or hook shots though.

 

[vcs]

He also plays the 'forehand topspin' over mid-off or through the offside field.