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Originally Posted by Scott-Wozniak  Tanvir showed that T20 is not a batsmans slogfest if you bowl accurately and intelligently mixing up your deliveries. If you bowl length at the same pace about a foot outside off stump - you will go for a lot of runs. Five out of Tanvirs six wickets would have hit the stumps, 3 bowled and 2 LBW's and therein lies the secret of T20 bowling - mix up your pace and length and hit the stumps and you will take wickets - you miss, I hit. |
I've been saying that for a while- the batsmen constantly attacking the bowlers forces the bowlers to bowl more accurately and in more consistent areas, and these skills will transfer themselves to the other forms of the game. Is it a coincidence that all these good up-and-coming bowlers have emerged since the introduction of T20?
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The commetary on the whole is poor, there's a few exceptions, but not many. Pommie Mbangwa should NOT be a commentator - he does not have sufficient depth of knowledge nor does he accurately portray what actually happens. One shot he claimed came off the top edge, actually came off the middle of the bat but lower toe. The general poor level of commentary is pretty consistent with the more 'light hearted' nature of this format of the game, which is why poor commentators like Pommie Mbangwa can get away with their general lack of knowledge.
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I haven't watched any of the games (I'm not staying up 'till 12:30) but based on cricket I've seen in South Africa, I think Mbangwa's a pretty reasonable commentator. He's always very coherent and fairly lively, and really anyone can make the sort of mistake you're describing- it's just a matter of optics, I suppose. I've seen commentators- good ones- completely ignore when the ball's swung when a wicket's been taken.