The balls of the century

[vcs]

That 2013 Johannesburg game is one of my favourite Test matches though, amazing stuff.

 

[ankitj]

We didn't talk about #17.

The balls of the century, No. 17: Mitchell Starc to James Vince

Unpredictable. Unplayable. Unintentional?

www.thecricketmonthly.com

 

[OverratedSanity]

We didn't talk about #17.

The balls of the century, No. 17: Mitchell Starc to James Vince

Unpredictable. Unplayable. Unintentional?

www.thecricketmonthly.com

I did before it even made the list

cracks/footmarks shouldn't count imo

You mean Starc to Vince wasnt the best ball over bowled?!

Probably the most overrated delivery in ages. Im convinced it was another one of those leg side wides from Starc that just happened to hit a massive crack. The thing was going 3 feet down leg.

 

[srbhkshk]

The balls of the century, No. 16: Sreesanth to Jacques Kallis

Immovable object meets irresistible bouncer

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Kallis batted like a God in that series, Sachin not too far behind either.

You gotta say though, more than Sreesanth it was Kallis who made this delivery, he could have stayed still like an idiot and got hit and no one would talk about it.

 

[stephen]

I did before it even made the list




Probably the most overrated delivery in ages. Im convinced it was another one of those leg side wides from Starc that just happened to hit a massive crack. The thing was going 3 feet down leg.

I get what you're saying and half agree with you. But at the same time Starc said he was trying to hit the cracks so I'm inclined to believe it was a combination of a lot of luck and a bit of skill and planning.

I thin we can all agree that it looked bloody impressive though.

 

[Daemon]

I get what you're saying and half agree with you. But at the same time Starc said he was trying to hit the cracks so I'm inclined to believe it was a combination of a lot of luck and a bit of skill and planning.

I thin we can all agree that it looked bloody impressive though.

"Admittedly I probably wasn't aiming for that crack, because it was a little too straight if it moves [into the right-hander], but yeah, there was a little bit of luck, and fortunately it hit the stumps."

Did he go wider on the crease on purpose, to create a challenging angle?

"No, I always bowl pretty wide on the crease from around the wicket. That wasn't a plan to go any wider."

 

[stephen]

"Admittedly I probably wasn't aiming for that crack, because it was a little too straight if it moves [into the right-hander], but yeah, there was a little bit of luck, and fortunately it hit the stumps."

Did he go wider on the crease on purpose, to create a challenging angle?

"No, I always bowl pretty wide on the crease from around the wicket. That wasn't a plan to go any wider."

Fair enough. Still a ***y wicket though.

 

[Daemon]

Fair enough. Still a ***y wicket though.

Oh yeah, made for great entertainment. Vince very unlucky in that he finally managed to cross 30 but ended up getting something unplayable.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Should have just watched the ball closer and used good footwork and he'd have covered it easily

 

[ankitj]

"Admittedly I probably wasn't aiming for that crack, because it was a little too straight if it moves [into the right-hander], but yeah, there was a little bit of luck, and fortunately it hit the stumps."

Did he go wider on the crease on purpose, to create a challenging angle?

"No, I always bowl pretty wide on the crease from around the wicket. That wasn't a plan to go any wider."

Did you make this up, like your spreadsheets?

 

[Daemon]

It's in the cricketmonthly link, along with this gem

"It's usually a good strategy to aim for cracks, especially when they're on someones behind"

 

[ankitj]

It's in the cricketmonthly link, along with this gem

"It's usually a good strategy to aim for cracks, especially when they're on someones behind"

Those articles are tldr to me. I just skip to the clip.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It wasnt in a test match but this was probably an even more unplayable version of the Sreesanth bouncer to kallis.

 

[ankitj]

After Phil Hughes, I really don't know how I feel about such deliveries

 

[Migara]

It wasnt in a test match but this was probably an even more unplayable version of the Sreesanth bouncer to kallis.

right off a crack. Just plain probability.

 

[nightprowler10]

Speaking of brutal bouncers.

 

[srbhkshk]

Man, that looks horrible. Really shows the kind of danger a batsman is always in even when wearing a helmet.

 

[vcs]

The balls of the century, No. 15: Andrew Flintoff to Jacques Kallis

When fast is furious

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This entire over was classic Flintoff TBH. Furious working over.

 

[ankitj]

You look at some of this stuff from Flintoff and wonder why didn't he pick 350 wickets at 27 or less. He would have legitimately been counted among the greatest all-rounders ever if he could summon his bowling excellence just a bit more often.

 

[Howe_zat]

You look at some of this stuff from Flintoff and wonder why didn't he pick 350 wickets at 27 or less. He would have legitimately be counted among the greatest all-rounders ever if he could summon his bowling excellence just a bit more often.

His knees were pretty much entirely cream cheese by age 29