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Old 20-02-2007, 09:11 PM in reply to pie_chucker's post starting "But if you can swing the ball, why not..."
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Originally Posted by pie_chucker
But if you can swing the ball, why not go for swing instead?? I dont rate Tait highly, but he can bowl a good 95mph + i nswinging yorker, which is the hardest ball of any to score off.
If you can get the ball to swing you should be trying to entice the batsman into the drive: you achieve that by pitching the ball on a full length, not by getting it up in the blockhole.
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Originally Posted by pie_chucker 131066
In One Day Internationals you are trying to make it hard for the batsman to score.
Only in passing: if the pitch offers a decent contest between bat and ball... the bowler ought to be looking for wickets. That's why it's so critical that the pitch has some life in it, preferably offering seam movement allied with pace and bounce.
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