Over the past decade, Glenn McGrath has been able to bowl out even the best batting sides with as it sometimes seems with ease. What we did not see is that Sydney Francis Barnes had the same effect over 90 years ago.
Barnes would have easily had better conditions due to uncovered pitches but there is no doubt that Barnes was a superb bowler and regarded as by all who've seen him, the greatest bowler they have seen.
What do these two have in common that allows them to put fear in the eyes of batsmen?
They do have a different way of moving the ball since Barnes used genuine leg spinners or off spinners where as McGrath used the traditional seam movement but the they have many things in common such as they were both naggingly accurate and would probe away at the batsmen and give nothing away, they both had perfect actions in which people could model for their style of bowling, they both had an aggressive attitude and self believe that they would be successful under any circumstance.
Its up to you to decide which one is better. I feel Barnes is the better bowler because friendly conditions or not, Barnes was able to tear good batting line-ups apart for near to nothing and apart from Frank Foster and a few others he did it on his own for the main part.
Its up to you to decide who is better.
Sunday 13 January 2008
Saturday 12 January 2008
Pollock passes the torch as Steyn guides SA to series win
South Africa have beaten the West Indies today by an Innings and 100 Runs thanks to a superb spell from Dale Steyn with the second new ball in which the young paceman took 6/72 and took South Africa to victory inside 3 days.
Shaun Pollock also announced his retirement from test match cricket the previous night so that the young pace bowlers which South Africa had would then be able to take his place.
The West Indies lost 3 wickets in the morning session with Ganga, Parchment and Morton falling. It wasn't until Samuels and Bravo came together and put on 144 for the 4th wicket and finally showed resistance.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul didn't come out at his usual position since he was deemed ill so Bravo came out instead.
The Afternoon session belonged to West Indies with Samuels and Bravo batting through that entire session without losing a wicket. Bravo looked a much better player than the one previously seen in this series and looked to be at his best. Samuels played nicely and sensibly until a period before tea where he played a bit recklessly but both batsmen survived until lunch.
The partnership didn't last long since Steyn trapped Bravo LBW with the 5th ball after tea and the presession started as afterwards Steyn got rid of century maker Samuels with a beauty which pitched middle and leg and hit the top of off.
Then after that, Steyn had no problems removing the West Indian tail and dismissed them cheaply to take South Africa to victory before the close of play.
With the retirement of Pollock, the new generation of South African bowlers looks to be ready to take over with the likes of Steyn, Ntini, Nel, Zondeki, Harris and Morne Morkel (who is still recovering from injury) South Africa are building up one superb bowling attack and England have been be careful of these guys since they will thrive in English seaming conditions and will cause problems.
Shaun Pollock couldn't of chosen a better time to go.
Shaun Pollock also announced his retirement from test match cricket the previous night so that the young pace bowlers which South Africa had would then be able to take his place.
The West Indies lost 3 wickets in the morning session with Ganga, Parchment and Morton falling. It wasn't until Samuels and Bravo came together and put on 144 for the 4th wicket and finally showed resistance.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul didn't come out at his usual position since he was deemed ill so Bravo came out instead.
The Afternoon session belonged to West Indies with Samuels and Bravo batting through that entire session without losing a wicket. Bravo looked a much better player than the one previously seen in this series and looked to be at his best. Samuels played nicely and sensibly until a period before tea where he played a bit recklessly but both batsmen survived until lunch.
The partnership didn't last long since Steyn trapped Bravo LBW with the 5th ball after tea and the presession started as afterwards Steyn got rid of century maker Samuels with a beauty which pitched middle and leg and hit the top of off.
Then after that, Steyn had no problems removing the West Indian tail and dismissed them cheaply to take South Africa to victory before the close of play.
With the retirement of Pollock, the new generation of South African bowlers looks to be ready to take over with the likes of Steyn, Ntini, Nel, Zondeki, Harris and Morne Morkel (who is still recovering from injury) South Africa are building up one superb bowling attack and England have been be careful of these guys since they will thrive in English seaming conditions and will cause problems.
Shaun Pollock couldn't of chosen a better time to go.
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