Ideal fast bowling -- Ishant's spell in Melbourne, 2nd innings

[CSK Fan]

Once half of icf copied his avatar...that is why he has got the bum mooning avartar now...:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

Changed my avatar. Avatar going to be stolen in 10...9.....8.......7..........:((

[express bowling]

Umesh has bowled an excellent line and length in his first 3 overs this morning. He should keep on doing just this. Shami has not been bad either but still ...one bad ball every over.

[rkt.india]

Dhoni's field placing and often weird tactics are messing up our inexperienced pacers for sure. This strange "leg side bowling" strategy are making them lose control and rhythm. Umesh was bowling with both accuracy and pace in the Lankan ODI series ....now he is inaccurate in tests although the ball is not moving much. Does seem strange.

The reason is slight change in action by Umesh. His action was slightly different in first 4 ODIs against SL. He was more upright and aligned in delivery stride due that, was getting more swing too, but 5th game onwards, he again went back to older action in which he goes too much sideon and loses balance that leads to inconsistency.

[express bowling]

The reason is slight change in action by Umesh. His action was slightly different in first 4 ODIs against SL. He was more upright and aligned in delivery stride due that' date=' was getting more swing too, but 5th game onwards, he again went back to older action in which he goes too much sideon and loses balance that leads to inconsistency.[/quote'] When a bowler starts doing something different....and his performance drops as a result....I would expect the bowling coach to identify it and try to rectify. What is he doing ? In addition to what you have said , there is some intent also.Today morning, with fielders placed predominantly on the off side, Umesh bowled almost all deliveries around the off stump.

[rkt.india]

When a bowler starts doing something different....and his performance drops as a result....I would expect the bowling coach to identify it and try to rectify. In addition to what you have said , there is some intent also.Today morning, with fielders placed predominantly on the off side, Umesh bowled almost all deliveries around the off stump.

Umesh himself must understand why change what works for him. He had made a subtle change in his action in SL series for good, why go back again. When he goes too side-on, his head falls away to left leading to inconsistency. You need your head, hips, and legs in a straight line at the delivery stride head pointing towards the batsman or WK, whenever you head goes to slips or gully, you are bound to spray. One example is Adam Milne, he bowls so quick but was still had a great accuracy against Pak in ODIs. His position in delivery stride is very good. He stays as straight as possible. Umesh must always target WK's gloves as his aim when he bowls, not the batsman as he strays in line due that.

[rkt.india]

Inconsistency more often than not will occur due to technical issues, like alignment at the delivery stride, runup issues, landing, etc. A bowler need to pull everything straight. If he keeps his body straight, he will keep his consistency. Inconsistency has nothing to do pace because he is bowling quick, he will be inconsistent. No, it does not play as big a role as these technical issues. Why BK is consistent because he has a great body alignment at the delivery stride. These guys need to practice 4 tent pegs to get their alignment right. It will help them a lot. Images of four tent pegs drill Video 1ACgY7TVwUc

[Gambit]

He is now the last link to the #1 team.

[bharat297]

I think Pankaj Singh should have been selected in the squad here. I think he deserved more than just 2 Tests.