rkt.india Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Whenever we see Broad bowling, our memory goes back to a particular accident which Broad had come across four years ago in 2007 World T20 Championship as Yuvraj Singh had hit for 6 consecutive sixes in an over. A 21-year-old Stuart Broad who was just making his way into international cricket became another victim of the cruelty of international cricket and that too in T20, a form of cricket which was still a baby back then. Broad looked nervous, anxious, red-faced, and clueless when Yuvraj took him on in the penultimate over of the Indian innings. It was an utter humiliation and real embarrassment for a front line fast bowler, but a bowler who was bowling 130 kph speeds back then now within four years was able to clock 145 kph and with a few skills in his repertoire, he bowled with vengeance, venom, and velocity to harass Indian batsman in just concluded test series. He took 25 wickets in total in 4 matches at an astonishing average of 13. These stats in itself says a lot about the effect he had on this series and his performance was duly recognized by a man of the series award. The change in Stuart Broad's bowling was visible to everyone when on fifth day of the test on a flat weary pitch with not much assistance to fast bowlers, he continuously went through the great Sachin Tendulkar over after over, just not having the luck to take his wicket. Any bowler at such a young age after being hit for 6 sixes in international cricket would have dropped his shoulders or quit the game or was never again being picked by the selectors, but here selectors shown faith in him and he showed a great character to come back again the same opponent in a different but real form of the game and displayed who is the real boss.
Hell Raiser Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 The girl has grown to become a woman. :hysterical:
Fontaine Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 He played well. But I don't think he has it in him to continiously bowl at a high level, series after series. Let's see how long his current form lasts.
rkt.india Posted August 23, 2011 Author Posted August 23, 2011 He played well. But I don't think he has it in him to continiously bowl at a high level, series after series. Let's see how long his current form lasts. He has. He h as got his length in terms of where to bowl now because he was used as enforcer to send batsman on back foot via bouncers but now he is bowling more on wicket taking length with mixture of bouncers.
Cricket Tragic Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 England have shown that you can get bowlers to bowl quicker. Even Bresnan's pace has increased a lot from 2006. Our bowlers have got slower. :facepalm:
achilles Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 England have shown that you can get bowlers to bowl quicker. Even Bresnan's pace has increased a lot from 2006. Our bowlers have got slower. :facepalm: Line and length only comes when you flush your pace, apparently (said Senor Prasad)
Trichromatic Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 England have shown that you can get bowlers to bowl quicker. Even Bresnan's pace has increased a lot from 2006. Our bowlers have got slower. :facepalm: When these bowlers bowl well, their pace increases. When Indian bowlers bowl with line and length, their pace decreases. Even Tremlett who is medium fast was bowling faster (around 140 Kmph) during second innings of Lord's test when he was in full rhythm. :hmmm:
barmyarmy Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 I think at age 25 Broad is doing very well. He already has a few 5 wicket hauls to his name, he has taken 132 test wickets, he is very big and tall which obviously helps him to generate extra bounce, he shows great maturity beyond his years, and as a bonus he can often score runs. His 169 against Pakistan for example was phenomenal. I think the awarding of the T20 captaincy should help to being him on as a player too.
daryl1985 Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 If he can develop consistency he can become a great. He was superb in this series.
NareshK Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Kudos to English selectors for sticking him with him even after the thrashing Yuvi gave him. If the same thing had happened to any Indian bowler, he would have been shelved for good. Its important to invest in certain players whom the selectors think have potential and give them a long rope rather than sidelining them after one bad series.
CG Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Whenever we see Broad bowling, our memory goes back to a particular accident which Broad had come across four years ago in 2007 World T20 Championship as Yuvraj Singh had hit for 6 consecutive sixes in an over. A 21-year-old Stuart Broad who was just making his way into international cricket became another victim of the cruelty of international cricket and that too in T20, a form of cricket which was still a baby back then. Broad looked nervous, anxious, red-faced, and clueless when Yuvraj took him on in the penultimate over of the Indian innings. It was an utter humiliation and real embarrassment for a front line fast bowler, but a bowler who was bowling 130 kph speeds back then now within four years was able to clock 145 kph and with a few skills in his repertoire, he bowled with vengeance, venom, and velocity to harass Indian batsman in just concluded test series. He took 25 wickets in total in 4 matches at an astonishing average of 13. These stats in itself says a lot about the effect he had on this series and his performance was duly recognized by a man of the series award. The change in Stuart Broad's bowling was visible to everyone when on fifth day of the test on a flat weary pitch with not much assistance to fast bowlers, he continuously went through the great Sachin Tendulkar over after over, just not having the luck to take his wicket. Any bowler at such a young age after being hit for 6 sixes in international cricket would have dropped his shoulders or quit the game or was never again being picked by the selectors, but here selectors shown faith in him and he showed a great character to come back again the same opponent in a different but real form of the game and displayed who is the real boss. you are going far back,he has had good pefromances in tests against sa and aus ,so no surprises he is not that good a t20 bowler,but in tests he is good ,but he will have to be consistent he was horrible against sl and we know one good series does not make a summer.
CG Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 broad has clocked around 93-96mph range though in this series his top pace was more around 90mph range ' date=' his pace indeed has increased a lot since he made his debut , not just pace but he is bowling a very tight line as well ,kudos to him and england[/quote'] when did he clock 96 mph,fastest i have seen him is 93 which is 150km/h
Lord Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Line and length only comes when you flush your pace' date=' apparently (said Senor Prasad)[/quote'] wtf has Prasad got to do with it.he left 2 yrs ago.has anyone increased pace under Simmons? the main problem is fitness.just compare the bodies of the fast bowlers from either sides.they have big shoulders,ours have big bellies.they are far fitter.
CG Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 against pak last year ' date=' also clocked 95mph against wi in 2009[/quote'] okay I may have missed that but in england every body has clocked high speeds .away from home he has not been clocked at those speeds .
cameron_black Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 I think at age 25 Broad is doing very well. He already has a few 5 wicket hauls to his name' date=' he has taken 132 test wickets, he is very big and tall which obviously helps him to generate extra bounce, he shows great maturity beyond his years, and as a bonus he can often score runs. [b']His 169 against Pakistan for example was phenomenal. I think the awarding of the T20 captaincy should help to being him on as a player too. sure it wasn't fixed? looked eerily odd...
Cricket Tragic Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 We don't know if it was fixed. Most people believe that it was though.
NareshK Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 sure it wasn't fixed? looked eerily odd... Padosis would like to believe that.:winky:
Serani Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 okay I may have missed that but in england every body has clocked high speeds .away from home he has not been clocked at those speeds . I saw him at 91 MPH in the ashes in a test which is usually the quickest he gets to in tests in england, limited overs he goes flat out and is genuinely quick.
Kumar Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 I think at age 25 Broad is doing very well. He already has a few 5 wicket hauls to his name' date=' he has taken 132 test wickets, he is very big and tall which obviously helps him to generate extra bounce, he shows great maturity beyond his years, and as a bonus he can often score runs. His 169 against Pakistan for example was phenomenal. I think the awarding of the T20 captaincy should help to being him on as a player too.[/quote'] TBH he's playing in a terrible cricket era which lacks good decent competition for England in general, par SA. High quality bowlers have disappeared since watching cricket in the mid 90's and same for batting, and will get worse when the big4 retire from cricket (kallis, dravid, set and punter) if Broad had played in the era of the 90's, it would have been a very different story
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