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[Number4]

I preferred Steve with those awesome back foot cover drives

[Felix Tito]

Khawaja should be banned for that ridiculous dab upon reaching 50. That's not cricket!

[rickjames]

Khawaja should be banned for that ridiculous dab upon reaching 50. That's not cricket!

Saw that and wanted to throw up

[FattusCattus]

Wasn't carl Hooper quite elegant to watch?

For me personally it was Virender Sehwag - bloomin' well got on with it using power and biffage and not always the most orthodox!

[ppccopener]

Wasn't carl Hooper quite elegant to watch?

For me personally it was Virender Sehwag - bloomin' well got on with it using power and biffage and not always the most orthodox!

@Felix Tito good shout on Damien Martyn...superb to watch, didn't achieve anything near what he could have.

@FattusCattus  top shout Hooper technically flawless and wonderful shots. Most of the time thou batted like he wanted to be somewhere else.

[WalkingWicket37]

Khawaja should be banned for that ridiculous dab upon reaching 50. That's not cricket!

I can't believe people have ever disagreed with this bloke!

[wasted_talent]

Yasir 14 overs 1 for 124


has the mystery gone for this spinner?

People saying his been carrying an injury. Which makes you wonder, why did they pick him for dead rubber test, especially as his form has been poor in NZ and the 1st 2 tests!

[GoodLeave]

to be fair after the 1st test of the summer (last year) I thought we played him very well. Yes he got a lot of wickets at Lords but after that....not much, and it was pretty dry..I will boiling at the Oval for a couple of days last summer.

Its often the way thou initially with spinners who have the 'straight on' delivery. Swanny got a lot of left handers out around the wicket coming back in with the arm

Warne had a fabulous 'skidder' too.

Personally I don't think Yasir is in the same class as Swann,Kumble,Warne(no one is I know).

Once good players work out there's not much spin they seem to play it differently

There's been a lot of hype about Yasir i'm just not sure it was really justified in the first place

Right you are. Happens more often than you'd think. Remember Sunil Narine? Destroyed the IPL one year for KKR, then got found out and now he's recently been done for chucking.

[FattusCattus]

and the Sri Lankan mystery bloke, who was 'unplayable' for abut 18 months, then got tonked.

[ppccopener]

Right you are. Happens more often than you'd think. Remember Sunil Narine? Destroyed the IPL one year for KKR, then got found out and now he's recently been done for chucking.

Yes Narine...looked unplayable im sure he had a doosra which caused batters to fall in a heap
I did wonder what happened to him !

[northernboy1987]

and the Sri Lankan mystery bloke, who was 'unplayable' for abut 18 months, then got tonked.

Ajantha Mendis?

[edge]

Ajantha Mendis?

Yep caused chaos when noone could pick the turn, until everyone realised you don't need to bother picking the turn because he doesn't turn it.

Narine's doosra was chucky beyond belief, was amazing it took so long for him to be banned.

[brokenbat]

Yep caused chaos when noone could pick the turn, until everyone realised you don't need to bother picking the turn because he doesn't turn it.

Narine's doosra was chucky beyond belief, was amazing it took so long for him to be banned.

yasir has had a chastening tour of Aus (like very other spinner on the planet), but to say he doesn't have variations or doesn't turn the ball, is plain silly. the reason he raced to become the 2nd fastest to 100 test wickets ever is NOT because he only had one "straight ball". he does get a lot of his wickets from his slider (esp against england), but he sets up the batsmen before sliding it in (no pun intended) - something that he HAS NOT done well this tour.

his big problem: much like saqlain, he has started using his wicket taking ball way too frequently and has stopped setting up the batsmen. he's only played 20 odd tests...he'll be back in form no doubt.

here are just a few examples of him actually using real drift and turn to take wickets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6EKUPdL9nY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnDreCdyyA

[edge]

yasir has had a chastening tour of Aus (like very other spinner on the planet), but to say he doesn't have variations or doesn't turn the ball, is plain silly. the reason he raced to become the 2nd fastest to 100 test wickets ever is NOT because he only had one "straight ball". he does get a lot of his wickets from his slider (esp against england), but he sets up the batsmen before sliding it in (no pun intended) - something that he HAS NOT done well this tour.

his big problem: much like saqlain, he has started using his wicket taking ball way too frequently and has stopped setting up the batsmen. he's only played 20 odd tests...he'll be back in form no doubt.

here are just a few examples of him actually using real drift and turn to take wickets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6EKUPdL9nY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnDreCdyyA

I was talking about Mendis mind, not Yasir!

[FattusCattus]

Ajantha Mendis?

That's the bugger! His bubble popped pretty quickly.