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Originally Posted by Rachael  That certainly doesn't help... but do you really think Gilchrist would have played the same way if he'd been facing Trueman on a greentop with the ball being swung both ways and seaming off the pitch? The modern batsman with a game perfectly suited to playing against that sort of bowling is Jayawardene... |
I don't think Gilchrist OR Jayawardene would've survived against Curtley Ambrose on a Perth wicket. This Youtube video shows what Ambrose was capable of -
Curtley Ambrose devastating spell of 7 for 1 run v Australia.
Scorecard.
What other type of bowler could intimidate batsmen with a stare at the end of their follow-through?
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Dissing Ambrose, Sydney, 1992-93
Rags do not come any redder. Dean Jones always fancied himself as a bit of a matador but he got it badly wrong when in a World Series final he asked Curtly Ambrose to remove his white wristbands. "He was definitely trying some form of camouflage," Jones said. "I didn't think much of it at the time." Ambrose did. He took off his wristbands - then tore Australia asunder with 5 for 32. - Source |
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There was that incident when Dean Jones asked you to take off your wristband in a one-day international during the 1993 World Series Final. Did that tick you off?
To this day I found it strange that he asked me to take off my wristband. I was using wristbands all through my career and out of nowhere he asked the umpires to ask me to take it off. I think he said something about the white wristband and the white ball which was disrupting. It didn't make sense and I was reluctant to take it off, but Richie told me to just get in with the game and avoid the distractions. I was mad, really mad. But as I told them you should never wake a sleeping lion. It was just a one-off situation, but it was a warning to batsmen all over the world. What Dean Jones did was a bad mistake, which backfired. I blew them away. - Source |
Could a swing bowler have become so destructive in the same circumstances?
On Youtube -
Dean Jones ANNOYS Curtley Ambrose! Australia v Windies