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Umesh is slowly coming of age??


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12 hours ago, express bowling said:

True....with the kind of pitches, bats and fielding  restrictions and small grounds we have nowadays....going for runs in the slog overs is par for the course.  Even the skilled Boult went for 73 runs yesterday, 22 off one over,  but  I don't see anyone criticizing his bowling. We have seen so many  top  SA, Australian, English and Pakistani pacers being taken apart in recent ODIs  but they are still considered good bowlers.

 

 

Even low full-tosses are better than good-length deliveries in the slog overs. Umesh got a wicket when he bowled one of those yesterday. Also, Shami  does bowl some proper yorkers, although not with the same frequency as Bumrah.

 

Improving one's ability to bowl the yorker in LOIs will make a pacer more confident. It should be practiced a lot by every pacer who wants a good career in LOIs.

bowling in slog overs is not the best criteria to judge a bowler. Slog overs bowling needs very specialized skills. A very few bowlers can land the yorkers right. Even if they do, some batsman will always be there to scoop them behind the keeper. Only one pacer in Malinga you could say was very consistent with yorkers because of his lower trajectory if was difficult for batsmen to scoop him. Also, deciphering his slower ball was even more puzzling.

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Umesh bowled much better in the death overs today. He was guilty of bowling hit me length balls in the previous match but he bowled a much fuller length today and was looking to bowl yorkers. He could have ended with one more wicket if not for Mishra dropping a couple of catches. Another good performance with the new ball. :nice:

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