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An excellent and simple analysis for discussion about what Amir may be doing wrong.
Congratulations to [MENTION=144662]punter17[/MENTION] for POTW!
Congratulations to [MENTION=144662]punter17[/MENTION] for POTW!
Amir knows how to swing. He has just got his basics wrong. And i feel people around him are jealous as they never will be achievers like him, so no guidance at all.
You get wickets with the swing. And Amir hasn't been able to get lethal swing so far apart from may be a few times after come back.
Conditions must for maximum swing:
1- Pitch the ball up.
2- Deliver close to the stumps like Wasim and Chaminda Vaas.
3- New Ball / Shiny side
4- Bowl Straight as swing doesnt have to cover the angle of delivered ball at all, to appear out of the way to batsamn facing.
What Amir has done:
1- Bowl short of good length or good length to save boundaries & have good economy rate.
2- Delivered ball away from stumps, unlike Chaminda Vaas or Wasim Akram.
3- Due to above, the ball always comes at an angle, and even if the conditions support swing, the large angle gets the better of swing, and ball appears to take it's line, and then he feels there is no swing, so he pitches the ball short.
Due to 2nd point, he wont be much successful against right handers. He slants across few deliveries to set up for in-dipper, but that ends up getting too leg sidish. Naturally, he knows that slanting would result in no swing, so he bowl straight but because he is already bowling wide of the crease, and delivering bowl away from stumps, bowling straight to right handers results in wide or leg bye.
While against left handers, he is more lethal, as lbw is in play, as he bowls wide of the crease. Also, since his release point is not close to stumps, bowling straight means giving width technically, which minimizes the chance of wickets.
Apparently he does that to avoid getting warned. But he needs to find a run up with which this can be achieved. See below for science:
If he continues to bowl the way he is bowling now, he will soon be replaced by somebody with the likes of Wahab or some random dude who doesn't know the art of swing but can bowl fast.
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