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Detective RDS
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Modern Day Cricket

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WORLD'S CRICKET

MODERN DAY CRICKET

Somedays ago I heard a cricket commentator saying,

'The more you are orthodox in Cricket,the more you have
the chance to be successful in the world of cricket'.

MODERN DAYS CRICKET SHOTS > Orthodox cricket shots are played more in the international cricket especially after the launch of Twenty-20 cricket.This kinds of shots are played in order to run quickly.REVERSE SWEEP,PADEL SWEEP,SCOOP PADEL,
SCOOP,PADEL,GLANCE are those orthodox shots.There is an another orthodox shot which is played by England batsman and captain Kevin Pietersen.In this shot Pietersen becomes a left handed batsman when the ball is deliverd and tries to play the shot in his leg side(which is accually the off side when he is a right hander).

Englands former wicket-keeper batsmen Paul Nixon is a successful player to hit a six by playing reverse sweep.He gained much popularity in the World Cup 2007 in the Carribean hitting a six by playing reverse sweep.

Zimbabwes former worlds one of the best batsmen,captain,wicket-keeper and now Englands batting coach Andy Flower was a very successful player in playing reverse sweep time to time.

Zimbabwes former batsmen Dougllas Marillier also played this padel sweep quite well.Especially against Australian pacer Glenn McGrath,when Marillier hit two of McGraths low off side full tosses over his head by playing reverse sweep shot for four in the final over in Perth(Zim needed 14,lost by 1 run).Marillier again repeated this shot in a ODI victory against India.

Zimbabwes batsman Tatenda Taibu played reverse sweep against Muraili and Mendis fantasticly.Indeed,he worked very hard in the nets in order to play this shots against them.

Bangladesh captain and batsman Mohammad Ashraful also is good in playing padal,scoop and glance shots.Infact,he used this shots in English conditions very well and especially in the Cardiff win against Australia while chasing 250.

Another Bangladesh batsman Aftab Ahmed also can play padal,scoop and glance shots.Aftab and Ashraful both played this orthodox shots very well in the World Cup 2007 on the Carribean.He also used this shots while playing in the ICL.

We can see orthodox shots played by Pakistans hard hitting batsman Shahid Afridi.He doent follow any cricket grammar,he just plays his natural orthodox shots.

There is another shot which is called 'Carribean Shot' played by the Carribean batsmen.Especially Carribean skipper Christopher Gayle plays this shot brilliantly.Applying this shot,he hits six in the leg side and his right legs position is over the pitch.Very effective shot and Carribean batsmen are very popular with this.

VARIATION IN BOWLLING > When the batsmen are producing new kinds of orthodox shots to run quickly,the bowllers arent legging behind.They are also giving variations in their bowlling.

In the pace bowlling prospective,decent seam and bounce are the old guns which is effective even now.Some bowllers also bowl in swing and out swing delivaries effectively time to time.

Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has an orthodox action which is difficult for the batsmen to understand where the bowl is going and being confused they get out.

Pakistani pacer Wasim Akram and Waqar Yunus invented reverse swing and was very succeeful in it.Reverse swing means swing in the old bowl.The new pakistani bowllers keeping their old tradition effectively even now.Bowllers who can bowl reverse swing is increasing day by day means its out of Pakistan and spreaded all over the world.It is though that,when Wasim and Waqar played in the English county cricket,they taught this method to the English bowllers.Andrew Flintoff was very successful bowlling reverse swing against Australia in the Asheas 2005 which England won.South Africas Dale Steyn and many modern days pacers can bowl reverse swing now.

In the spin bowlling prospective,spin king Australias Shane Warne can turn bowl very much.In 1992,Shane Warne bold English batsmen Mike Gatting in a delivery which turned unbelievebly.It is called now 'BOWL OF THE CENTURY'.In Asheas 2005,Shane Warne bold English batsmen Andrew Strauss in a delivery which was left by him but turned heavily.

Another spin king Muttiah Murailitharan who is a off spinner produced 'DOOSRA',which is his leg spin delivery.Many batsmen struggle to play his 'DOOSRA'.Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also can bowl this 'DOOSRA'.The spinners of other countries also trying to learn and bowl 'DOOSRA'.

Pakistans former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq produced the 'TEESRA' recently while playing in the Indian Cricket League(ICL) for Lahore Badshahs.

Ajantha Mendis can bowl 6 different bowls.Amoung them the 'CARAM BOWL' is very popular.The fingure position of Mendis is very different and orthodox.He can bowl both off spin and leg spin.Many batsmen dont understand where the bowl is going to move AND struggle.Indian batsman Virender Sehwag invented the process to understand where the bowl is going to move by seeing his fingure position.Mendis has an bowlling average of 10 to 18 in all forms of cricket which is incredable.In my prospective,Mendis is 'AN EXCEPTIONAL CRICKET TALENT'.

CRICKET LAWS >

Review:3 reviews for each team in the ODI,Test and Twenty-20 should be applied by the ICC.Sometimes the umpires make mistakes in giving the LBW and catch out decisions.The umpires are human beings and they arent free from making mistakes.So,its better to use review then.It is used properly in the ICL.If it is applied in the international cricket,the umpires will be more responsible in making decisions.If the umpire does mistake in giving no ball or wide,the 3rd umpire should interfeare and clarify it.It will certainly do justice to the cricket.

3rd Powerplay:3rd batting powerplay is applied in the international cricket for the batting side to run quickly in the late overs of the match.But I think,3rd powerplay(batting) isnt doing any good to the batting sides prospective.They play shots but cant beat the fielder and get out in this period.The batting side also dont use this powerplay in the right time.The bowlling side is getting more benefit from it as they are having 6 fielders inside the circle which increases their possibilities of picking up wickets.So,first 15 or 20 overs of powerplay is better to keep.

Supersub:Supersub method was applied in international cricket in 2006 in order to give the all rounders chance to perform as a change player like football.But it was wasted.So,it was stopped quickly.

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