Comments for sternwords

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by Russ

Russ — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:31:29 +0000

Kind of irrelevant to your broader point but…

Does any of this matter? As I say, if chucking it from 22 yards was so effective then wouldn’t that be net practice sorted forever more?

Not really. It has been proven repeatedly that batsmen’s reaction time is insufficient to account for their ability to play the ball, and that therefore they have to be able to read visual cues from the bowler during delivery. If a batsman primarily practices against chucking (or a bowling machine for that matter) they won’t learn those visual cues.

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by Nabiya

Nabiya — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:11:05 +0000

Oh Come on people! lets enjoy fair cricket and not just try’n cover your failures by blaming opponents. Englishmen should try to learn from Asian players instead of pointing fingers on them. English media can’t see team like Pakistan flourishing high.

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by Adnan basra

Adnan basra — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:07:59 +0000

Any game without balance loses its beauty and Cricket is also drifting towards that.

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by kwatchi

kwatchi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:58:52 +0000

very good article. it bothers me that anytime western batsmen struggle with ex colonial bowlers questions are asked about their legality. first the laws were changed to blunt the west indian pacers, then the pakistani reverse swingers were cheats, then murali was a chucker and now sky’s pundits claim ajmal wears long sleeves because he is throwing it. to steal a phrase from the internet kidz: sore losers much?

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by Saad

Saad — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:54:50 +0000

Totally agreed….And yes if you ban cricketers for showing their skills then cricket will be no fun!

Comment on More power to Ajmal’s elbow by I_H (@ImrH2)

I_H (@ImrH2) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:49:04 +0000

Agree wholeheartedly about the long-sleeve comments. Somehow, the fact that Graeme Swann also wear long-sleeves never seems to be relevant, but when Ajmal does, then it’s open season to cast doubt on his integrite

Comment on Moores the merrier by Brian Carpenter

Brian Carpenter — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:44:41 +0000

Interesting, and I look forward to the full interview.

I seem to recall Martin Johnson saying that he wanted to treat the England rugby union team like adults, although I suspect he was only referring to what they did away from the pitch and the training ground. And in his case it didn’t work either.

In searching for reasons why Flower has succeeded where Moores failed, I think you’re right to identify a degree of post-2005 complacency. While, as we know, that should have slipped within months, it probably lasted as long, in some quarters, as the 51 all out in Jamaica, and the noises off created by the struggles for fitness of Vaughan and Flintoff didn’t help either.

Undoubtedly Flower has been exceptional, but Moores’ period in charge came at a tricky time. Many another fine coach would have found the job equally difficult then.

Comment on Pride comes before a poppy by Robbo

Robbo — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:01:15 +0000

Glad that’s all sorted. Maybe now we can concentrate on the most important thing: backing Spain at evens.

Comment on The greed that feeds the cancer of corruption by gareth white

gareth white — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:14 +0000

excellent article,the cramed and unfathomable fixture list throughout the year suggests the sole motivation is to generate as much money as possible to the detriment of the product on offer,unfortunately the paying public are of little concern tothe adminisrators

Comment on The greed that feeds the cancer of corruption by Paddy Briggs

Paddy Briggs — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:55:48 +0000

Another part of the same syndrome is Corporate hospitality. The worst behaved spectators at international cricket matches in England are often the freeloaders in the hospitality boxes. Loud. Drunken. Ignorant. Boorish clods.