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Do what you do on every pitch? Try and build pressure.
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Remember when we picked Hilfenhaus was picked for a test match and someone thought it was a bad idea??
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Spikey,
Can you confirm that you are infact still tasting it?
Can you confirm that you are infact still tasting it?
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Yep. He's still tasting it.
Son Of Coco
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Yeah this. Worked pretty well in the second innings in Sydney.
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Ruckus
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I like it when bowlers on very flat wickets do more than just trying to build pressure and force an error though. I was really impressed with Hilf's use of offcutters and attacking the stumps of someone like Dravid, because he was doing more than just building pressure - he was really trying to mix things up and get the ball to do something (even if very subtly) on an essentially lifeless wicket. It's the same mentality Harris had on flat wickets in SL. When the ball was old the other bowlers like Copeland and Johnson looked to sort of just be going through the motions (which was ok, because they were building pressure and bowling tight lines), but when Harris came on he really looked like he was trying to hit the seam hard, skid the ball of the surface with pace and get a genuine edge etc.
Son Of Coco
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Building pressure doesn't mean just bowling straight up and down on a line that is more difficult to get away though. You build pressure on a flat deck exactly the same way you do on one that has a bit of life in it. By getting it in the right areas and seeing if you can move it around a bit. Hilf's apparently improved greatly i his ability to use the crease when not much is happening in the deck. It's such an obvious option when the deck isn't doing much that you have to wonder why it takes someone to point it out.
I'd say the difference between Harris and the other two comes down to ability, it's not like Copeland and Johnson could bowl exactly the same way as Harris and just chose not to. You won't get a bloke like Johnson, who scrambles the seam and struggles to get something out of anything but the best conditions, tearing it up on a flat deck very often.
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Healy out Yates in.
