FreddieFan
International Coach
Update at the end of the innings:
After my previous post, Clarke and Hussey carried on batting solidly, before Hussey was caught at long-off from a lofted back foot drive off Swann. Clarke was the next to go, trapped LBW by a big off spinner from Swann as he tried to cut. Haddin was caught at mid on off a leading edge (off Harmison) before North holed out to the cover boundary - Swann again. He then bowled Hauritz, again a big spinner coming from way outside off stump, beating his backward defensive and bowling him. Siddle was plumb LBW to an inswinging (reverse swing) yorker from Flintoff, and Swann wrapped things up by bowling Hilferhaus in the same manner as Hauritz. Pictures are attached.
Further comments:
- First of all, I enjoyed the hell out of that
- I think the ball was turning too much for Swann. When he was confident enough to bowl the doosra he became almost unplayable. The sort of spell I bowled (while hugely enjoyable) is the sort of spell you should get on the last day in Karachi, not the first day at Cardiff.
- Never had an innings last long enough to get reverse swing before. It's brilliant
I went through a phase (while Clarke, Hussey and North were batting) where I didn't know where I was going to get a wicket because swing seemed much less threatening than with the new ball. Reverse swing got me interested again - this is quite a good reflection of actual test matches.
- The tailenders seemed convincingly worried by short-pitched bowling. I had a few bouncers go past the outside edge as they prodded at them off the back foot - very realistic. They didn't last long enough in this innings to find out if they would settle down, but I think it's important they do to an extent, or you'll be able to keep their confidence low by bouncing them and the tail will never wag - and it should occasionally.
- It would also make life easier if the game remembered which field was used by against each batsman by both bowlers you are using. While I was using custom fields (which were different for spin and seam) I had to change them at the start of every over as it was just remembering one field for each batsman.
Will go and try batting now
After my previous post, Clarke and Hussey carried on batting solidly, before Hussey was caught at long-off from a lofted back foot drive off Swann. Clarke was the next to go, trapped LBW by a big off spinner from Swann as he tried to cut. Haddin was caught at mid on off a leading edge (off Harmison) before North holed out to the cover boundary - Swann again. He then bowled Hauritz, again a big spinner coming from way outside off stump, beating his backward defensive and bowling him. Siddle was plumb LBW to an inswinging (reverse swing) yorker from Flintoff, and Swann wrapped things up by bowling Hilferhaus in the same manner as Hauritz. Pictures are attached.
Further comments:
- First of all, I enjoyed the hell out of that
- I think the ball was turning too much for Swann. When he was confident enough to bowl the doosra he became almost unplayable. The sort of spell I bowled (while hugely enjoyable) is the sort of spell you should get on the last day in Karachi, not the first day at Cardiff.
- Never had an innings last long enough to get reverse swing before. It's brilliant
I went through a phase (while Clarke, Hussey and North were batting) where I didn't know where I was going to get a wicket because swing seemed much less threatening than with the new ball. Reverse swing got me interested again - this is quite a good reflection of actual test matches.- The tailenders seemed convincingly worried by short-pitched bowling. I had a few bouncers go past the outside edge as they prodded at them off the back foot - very realistic. They didn't last long enough in this innings to find out if they would settle down, but I think it's important they do to an extent, or you'll be able to keep their confidence low by bouncing them and the tail will never wag - and it should occasionally.
- It would also make life easier if the game remembered which field was used by against each batsman by both bowlers you are using. While I was using custom fields (which were different for spin and seam) I had to change them at the start of every over as it was just remembering one field for each batsman.
Will go and try batting now
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