Has more variation than ever TBH, his yorker is great and he swings it a mile with the old ball. Not sure where your getting this from, even on the first day vs. the Aussies he was dreadfully unlucky not to pick up a handful of wickets and they are easily the best batsman in the world. There was a very poor LBW decision and Jaques was more than just a little lucky against him. Also he is very quick yet it's hard to judge a bowler on one match in Australia, lets see how he does against England first.Good article.
How quick does Steyn bowl?
Lasith Malinga will fade away. He has been hanging around for 4 years now with test avg. of 38. Once the batsmen find where the ball is hidden, they will belt him. He has no variation, seam, swing. He lost the good yorker that he had once.
I watched the whole test match, he bowled superbly throughout until he was made to do a job he wasn't adapted to and that was to restrict Australia's flow of runs. The entire first day he looked like he was about to take a wicket.I think his average is 33. Minus Bangladesh it is 38. I don't know when you watched him last, may be world cup. Apart from 2 or 3 overs in the test match, he didn't bowl well.
Not only that but he can bowl good line and length when he wants to!WTF? To say that Malinga would fade away just on the basis of one bad game against the Aussies is really dire, Malinga did all he could in the test against the Australians but the Australians played him very well as simple as that!
IMO Malinga is one of the very few fast bowlers who has got lot of variation, he has got a very good and deceptive slower ball, he reverses the ball a mile and he bowls very good toe-crushers and generates good heat now if that's not variety than i don't know what is?
Very good article, analytical pieces like that are always facinating to read but that one was particularly good.Good article.
How quick does Steyn bowl?
Lasith Malinga will fade away. He has been hanging around for 4 years now with test avg. of 38. Once the batsmen find where the ball is hidden, they will belt him. He has no variation, seam, swing. He lost the good yorker that he had once.
You do if I'm battingYou don't have to be quick to scare a batsman.
Hey Perm...keen for a truce?You don't have to be quick to scare a batsman.
Who's Lisa?Hey Lisa, whats your favourite movie? Thats right, the odd couple! Da doo do doo do doo, do do doo, do do doo doooo.
Lisa: I still believe in protecting animal's rights, but that still doesn't excuse what I did. I'm sorry for wrecking your barbecue, dad.Simpson.
As Perm says, you do not have to be express pace to scare a batsman, Warne and Murali scare batsmen when they come on to bowl but not because of the pace they bowl but because of the quality they possess.The only gripe I have with the article is the start where he makes out bowlers like McGrath scared the living **** out of batsmen? McGrath was never fast enough to scare the skin off a rice pudding