How good a bowler was Dennis Lillee?

[Matt79]

Nonsense. The full outswinger and the full ball that moves away off the pitch are virtually identical, and require absolutely no different measures in order to (attempt to) deal with them.

Other than one deviating before it pitches and the other as/after it pitches?

 

[Richard]

The useful (ie, late) outswinger deviates barely before it pitches.

 

[Matt79]

Like only a couple of yards before it pitches or so? Or to put it another way, 10% of the entire distance it travels from batsman to bowler?

 

[Richard]

Which is... oh... 0.04 seconds of reaction time?

Huge difference.

 

[The Sean]

Just go and insult your avatar, why don't you?

Just paraphrasing the sentiments of a few less devoted Trumper admirers on here.

 

[Matt79]

Out of 0.4 seconds reaction time, it is. Its the same difference as a delivery at 150 kph and one at 135kph.

Plus WHERE an outswinger and the one that moves off the pitch will be different.

 

[Richard]

Out of 0.4 seconds reaction time, it is. Its the same difference as a delivery at 150 kph and one at 135kph.

Oh, 0.4 seconds is huge. 0.04 seconds isn't tho.

Plus WHERE an outswinger and the one that moves off the pitch will be different.

Whereabouts in flight? Yeah, an early outswinger will go and continue to go, a late one will go at just about the exact same point a ball off the pitch will.

 

[archie mac]

I'd love you to start emailing me a few rough drafts and thoughts.

Give me another couple of weeks

 

[neville cardus]

Give me another couple of weeks

Gladly.

 

[SJS]

I don't doubt people have done - if so, they'll hopefully realise the error of their ways.

Its difficult to count ten forum members who have ever done that. ......realise their error that is ?

 

[Richard]

Fortunately in this case I doubt there's 10 that need to.