Cricketics Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 Turn is not everything. Kumble never turned the ball. As a spinner' date=' you need deception to beat the batsman, in the air or with speed variation.[/quote'] Two different bowlers man. Ashwin relies on turn. Kumble doesn't. Hence he continued to fail in this test. Bhajji or Jadeja are different in that aspect.
rkt.india Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Two different bowlers man. Ashwin relies on turn. Kumble doesn't. Hence he continued to fail in this test. Bhajji or Jadeja are different in that aspect. Ashwin relies on variation rather than turn. He was never a big turner of the ball. His problem is he does not effective use of speed variation.
Raghav_12 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Lol' date=' if SA attack will be neutralized by our bowling, then how is it 'mediocre'?[/quote'] Green top will allow our pacers to trouble their batsmen which they otherwise will find difficult. Their pacers don't need that much help from the surface to trouble our batsmen. So going for green top may backfire, particularly when our batsmen have got used to conditions more and have shown they can bat here in first test match.
Sidhoni Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Green top will allow our pacers to trouble their batsmen which they otherwise will find difficult. Their pacers don't need that much help from the surface to trouble our batsmen. So going for green top may backfire' date=' particularly when our batsmen have got used to conditions more and have shown they can bat here in first test match.[/quote'] Our bowlers troubled them on Day 2 as well and also yesterday. There were countless edges not carrying/running past slip cordon or inside edges missing the stumps. And if Zaheer/Shami/Ishant can match Steyn and co, I don't know how you can call them 'mediocre'.
CG Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Our bowlers troubled them on Day 2 as well and also yesterday. There were countless edges not carrying/running past slip cordon or inside edges missing the stumps. And if Zaheer/Shami/Ishant can match Steyn and co' date=' I don't know how you can call them 'mediocre'.[/quote'] Yup if indian attack was mediocore SA ATTACK Was rubbish.
SLICKR392 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 They are the #1 side and will hit us hard, very hard. The track should be quicker than Jo'burg with more grass over it and I wonder how the forecast would be in Durban.
NareshK Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 They are the #1 side and will hit us hard' date=' very hard. The track should be quicker than Jo'burg with more grass over it and I wonder how the forecast would be in Durban.[/quote'] Actually it would suit us if the pitch is a greentop and if its a low scoring match. Our seamers will be more effective and only 1 or 2 batsmen needs to play a big innings to put the team in a good position. Its a whole lot tougher to get these SA batsmen out on a flat deck because Ashwin is not contributing with wickets.
Raghav_12 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Our bowlers troubled them on Day 2 as well and also yesterday. There were countless edges not carrying/running past slip cordon or inside edges missing the stumps. And if Zaheer/Shami/Ishant can match Steyn and co' date= I don't know how you can call them 'mediocre'. When our bowlers could take only 3 wickets in whole day ( not counting Faf run out and Kallis dismissal), I don't think you can say that. But yes, we did that on 2nd day. No Doubt.
Lord Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 They are the #1 side and will hit us hard' date=' very hard. The track should be quicker than Jo'burg with more grass over it and I wonder how the forecast would be in Durban.[/quote'] this.I'll take a 0-0 series now.I fear we missed our best chance of winning
Spiderguy252 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 I would absolutely hate it if we found ourselves on 50-5 on a doctored 40-odd all out type pitch they roll out for other touring sides when the going gets tough. That, or ball tampering!
Sidhoni Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 When our bowlers could take only 3 wickets in whole day ( not counting Faf run out and Kallis dismissal)' date=' I don't think you can say that. But yes, we did that on 2nd day. No Doubt.[/quote'] We could've been better but we were not bad. Sometimes you gotta give credit to the opposition batsmen for playing well.
Vijay.Sharma Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Big words that. Too early tos ay. We haven't even won a game on tour, even though it has been a short one. It will be a challenge for our bowling to bowl them out and take 20 wickets again. But it's going to be new test, and I am sure we can do this. We just got to bat well again, to make sure we don't let South Africa take command of this. We generally bowl better when our batsmen have scored some good runs. If don't put much on board, our bowlers might look fragile too defending low totals. Hopefully batting will hit.That's true! Because for all the talk about our bowling doing good in the match, remember, SA were the only team that could take 20 wickets
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