The curious case of Patrick Patterson: Gone AWOL

[rkt.india]

Bishop had such a good natural action ' date=' injuries not always a cause of the bowling actions but sometimes the weakness in the body areas and structure, I don't see taller bowlers lock their left foot except Patterson seems to have a good lock on his left foot while delivering to get the extra pace and bounce.[/quote'] His action was injury prone. It was strong but too much stress on his back with left lateral flexion which lead to his downfall with back injuries.

[fineleg]

Thanks rkt. This was awesome. This was barrage by Bishop and walsh!!! Imagine Raina or Yuvi or any of our FTB with this :hysterical: KjgGBuRzI_8

[MCcricket]

His action was injury prone. It was strong but too much stress on his back with left lateral flexion which lead to his downfall with back injuries.

There is a school of thought that in most cases your natural action is the best as subconsciously ur body optimizes and is programmed to bowl in a certain way depending on your strengths and body structure , yes tooo much bowling can bring in bad habits and then the minor things that change affect ur pace, direction a lot also hurt you, in Bishops case his action look natural and decent but based on his size , body, flexibility caused or was a factor in his injury.

[Tiger80]

"I remember him batting for Somerset when [West Indies paceman] Patrick Patterson was at Lancashire. "Pat used to bowl at the speed of sound and Viv just used to stand up and try to smash it everywhere - it was fantastic cricket. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3267381.stm

another quote by Neil fairbrother about Patterson