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Advice to Kumble


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If you have 3 slips and a gully, a close-in fielder, Mid wkt, fineleg, covers and mid-off and bowl an offstump line, you can get wkts more frequently. You will have to sacrifice a close catcher if 3rd man is used. That's why having a 3rd man makes it defensive. May be Kumble should attack from one end and contain at the other end. So, use 3rd man when containing, and not when attacking. Classic dilemma for captains in test cricket, akin to the Fineleg issue for ODIs. Use it when defensive, don;t use it when attacking....

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Pls. Pls. keep that thirdman fielder all the time..today 20% of runs came from this area.
Please don't. This is one of the most tactically interesting but misunderstood aspects in Test cricket. It's a trade-off. For instance, the captain will purposely leave a gap (3rd./4th. slip) in the cordon with no 3rd. man. The idea is to tempt the batsmen to risk going through that gap, knowing he'll get a boundary if successful. It's a delicate gamble which quite often produces a wicket - a catch to 3rd. slip or gully/point. With a 3rd. man posted, the risk is hardly worth it for a single.
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1.I would advice him to try bowling seam ups, if he does not get a breakthrough with his leg breaks , like he did in the bangalore test second innings- wicket to wicket like Stuart Clark.he is the most accurate of indian bowlers.he can get a few LBW's 2.he should use Sehwag for 2 -3 overs - he can compensate for Bhajji's absence. he gets good bounce and is a sharp turner of the ball( Dhoni says VS is the toughest bowler to keep).especially to Ponting and Clarke. 3. Sachin picked up key wickets with his leg spin bowling in both indian wins- adelaide last tour as well as kolkotta- turn around. let us hope for a win by TEA.

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Kill Aus RR: Please stop the 4 every (other) over - it will be a gift to Aus Aus looking for Run Rate of 4 to be maintained. Its the way they'll play. For spinner (AK or VS): place one sweeper cover. (for offspin VS, depends on how he bowls) Kumble (over many years) has a tendency to bowl a rank long hop once in a while, it will be short and wide and will be easily driven. If 4 cannot be scored off it, it will frustrate Aus. For Faster bowlers, depending on their line, provide atleast one protection in terms of deep third man.

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