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Not necessarily, Gayle, Russell, Bravo and a couple other international players hit them far and long, with and without pace on de ball.......racedriverpro wrote:Logic is less pace on the ball means less chance of batsman getting away with mis hit or miss timed stroke/shotshake d livin wake d dead wrote:what he said about Narine^
Logical doesn't imply effectiveness.Premchand1976 wrote:Not necessarily, Gayle, Russell, Bravo and a couple other international players hit them far and long, with and without pace on de ball.......racedriverpro wrote:Logic is less pace on the ball means less chance of batsman getting away with mis hit or miss timed stroke/shotshake d livin wake d dead wrote:what he said about Narine^
The Indian pkayers seem to love the no pace on the ball also , really good slow and spin ball players they are.
De man really is the universe boss yes......his composure today......on point. Even the commentators today said his focus was spot on. He set his mind for a big one and didn't give the bowlers a chance at his wicket at all.trent wrote:Gayle share real licks today! First hundred of this year's IPL
Premchand1976 wrote:De man really is the universe boss yes......his composure today......on point. Even the commentators today said his focus was spot on. He set his mind for a big one and didn't give the bowlers a chance at his wicket at all.trent wrote:Gayle share real licks today! First hundred of this year's IPL
Talking points: What is Pollard's role in the Mumbai XI?
Apr 24, 2018
Sidharth Monga
Pollard's opportunity to justify his place
Due to its short duration, T20s often allow teams to play at least one player who is not there for consistent, blue-collar performances. Usually four batsmen, two allrounders and four bowlers do the job. This 11th player can be a batting fail-safe, a low-percentage hitter, a floating bowler or a tactical pick for a high-profile match-up, such as Bipul Sharma against AB de Villiers.
The unique thing about Mumbai Indians has been that their surplus player has been the same guy for many years. And he takes an overseas player's slot to boot. Kieron Pollard has bowled 7.5 IPL overs since May 24, 2015. It is safe to assume that he plays as a specialist batsman and a fielder. Yet he is used by Mumbai sparingly. No specialist batsman, let alone an overseas one, in this IPL has had less to do than him in this IPL. Until the Sunrisers game, at an average, there have only been 31.2 balls left in the innings when Pollard he has come out to bat this season; even Ravindra Jadeja has been coming in with more to do.
Yet, it is impact that Pollard is paid the big bucks for. When he scores a fifty, his side wins three out of four games. The rate for Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, to put it in perspective, is 68% and 62%. Last year he came in at 7 for 4 and smacked a 47-ball 70 to win a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. That was the kind of impact Mumbai needed from him when he came out to bat at 61 for 4 in a tricky chase. These are the nights they pay Pollard for. This time, though, he made a mental error and guided Rashid straight to slip. Will it make Mumbai question their persistence with Pollard? Not if he can win a couple of games off his own bat.
Windies slump to historic low in Test rankings
LONDON—West Indies have slumped to ninth in the latest International Cricket Council Test rankings, a historic low for the Caribbean side in the game’s longest format.
In the rankings released by the ICC on Tuesday, the Windies lost five ratings points to tumble to 67 and are now only above minnows Zimbabwe who sit on two points, having played just 14 Tests inside the last five years.
Significantly, West Indies are also now eight points behind Bangladesh who picked up four points to move to 75 and take over eighth spot in the rankings.
The bad news for the Windies come on the heels of a wretched tour of New Zealand last December when they suffered a 2-0 whitewash...
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