The balls of the century

[TheJediBrah]

yeah Ponting seemed to have a type, didn't he? Tall bowler who can bring the ball in from a hard length and get disconcerting bounce. Funny how Ponting will forever be remembered for being the batsman at the other end for this over and THAT spell by Ishant.

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maybe by you

 

[honestbharani]

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maybe by you

Jeeez.. so so defensive. I didn't say it was the only thing he will be remembered for, did I? ?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jeeez.. so so defensive. I didn't say it was the only thing he will be remembered for, did I? ?

No need to get worked up. I'm sure I possibly misinterpreted what you meant to say but it just seemed like a very strange thing to say

Like saying "Tendulkar will always be known as Cameron White's first Test wicket". Pretty sure there's other things he'll be remembered for more than that.

 

[Daemon]

Tbf it’s more like Ishant Sharma will forever be remembered for bowling that spell to Ponting than the other way round

Will also forever remember him bouncing England out at Lords lmao

 

[TheJediBrah]

Tbf it’s more like Ishant Sharma will forever be remembered for bowling that spell to Ponting than the other way round

definitely this

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Like saying "Tendulkar will always be known as Cameron White's first Test wicket". Pretty sure there's other things he'll be remembered for more than that.

Needs more Peter George

 

[TheJediBrah]

Needs more Peter George

Think he was Siddle's first wicket too. He kept getting out to random debutant bowlers on those little tours circa 2008-2010

 

[honestbharani]

Like saying "Tendulkar will always be known as Cameron White's first Test wicket". Pretty sure there's other things he'll be remembered for more than that.

Not at all. Tendulkar being a debutant bowler's first wicket is definitely one of the things I remember about him. Take your own advice.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not at all. Tendulkar being a debutant bowler's first wicket is definitely one of the things I remember about him. Take your own advice.

relax, this is a dumb argument. I just think it was a weird thing to say. Agree to disagree.

 

[mr_mister]

Nah Warne was gun against the West Indies except really in that horror 1999 series where he was completely unfit to play.

And even then it was only Lara who did much I thought

 

[Kirkut]

Tbf it’s more like Ishant Sharma will forever be remembered for bowling that spell to Ponting than the other way round

Will also forever remember him bouncing England out at Lords lmao

Ishant now hates talking about that spell it seems. When asked about that spell in interviews he tries to change the question by talking of his domestic cricket spells which he rates superior to his Perth spell.

 

[honestbharani]

Ishant now hates talking about that spell it seems. When asked about that spell in interviews he tries to change the question by talking of his domestic cricket spells which he rates superior to his Perth spell.

Not very flattering to Ponting, is it? TJB to rage post in 3.......2..............

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not very flattering to Ponting, is it? TJB to rage post in 3.......2..............

This obsession you have with me has to end dude. I don't think you realise how you're coming across.

 

[Kirkut]

Not very flattering to Ponting, is it? TJB to rage post in 3.......2..............

I don't think Ponting rates Ishant high. Being an attacking batsman he loves to come on front foot early which is where bowlers like Morne Morkel can trouble him with steep bounce just outside off stump.

Ponting rates Akhtar quite high, which is strange since he's always scored runs against him. In fact I would rate him to be the batsman who played Shoaib Akhtar the best.

 

[vcs]

Langer and Gilly were better IMO, though Gilly famously got yorked once or twice.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The balls of the century, No. 8: Irfan Pathan to Mohammad Yousuf

Irfan Pathan and the shape of inevitability

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Wouldnt have guessed there'd be two Pathan deliveries in the list.

So ****ing annoying that India managed to lose this game.

 

[Kirkut]

This ball is straight rocket science. Before hitting the pitch it's an outswing delivery and afterwards it seams back in.

 

[Migara]

The balls of the century No. 7 - Muttiah Muralitharan to Mark Butcher

How do you play an offspinner who turns it that much? You don't

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[Jumno]

Not at all. Tendulkar being a debutant bowler's first wicket is definitely one of the things I remember about him. Take your own advice.

Also Monty Panesar's first test wicket too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The balls of the century, No. 6: Shoaib Akhtar to Adam Gilchrist

The last of the great reverse-swinging yorkers

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There's a bit of biomechanical detail for what follows next from Shoaib - a tighter locking of the wrist, a slightly changed arm position - that is difficult to understand without being shown it. But the crux is that he wanted to go even quicker, to find another litre of blood to pour into this, to put even more jaan - life - into it.
Last ball of the over, bingo. The line is better. Gilchrist's bat comes down from gully but the ball's delivered in BC and his bat's down in AD, that's how late he is. It hits leg stump on the full, bending as much with the angle as with reverse - so quick, it's tempting to conclude, it's not in the air long enough to reverse.
Pace: 89.2mph. Slower than the ball he was trying to be faster than and 10mph slower than it looks and feels. Let's keep that between us boomers, though.

Speedguns suck sometimes. Genuinely looked and felt like a 100mph delivery.