tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post1919211907731838292..comments2024-02-11T10:15:25.794+00:00Comments on Third Umpire: Pietersen's switch-hit: bad form or just brilliant?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09215417891130654291noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post-74896355019602837422008-06-18T08:38:00.000+01:002008-06-18T08:38:00.000+01:00It's a rare occasion when Mike Atherton talks rubb...It's a rare occasion when Mike Atherton talks rubbish and Bob Willis makes sense. It's a fantastic shot, and the arguments about leg and off side for wides and lbw are already covered by the laws.<BR/><BR/>I see a boom time for bowlers everywhere as batsmen around the country try to do the same thing and realise just how difficult it is!Richard Lakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305428361656401297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post-927425420598463332008-06-18T08:18:00.000+01:002008-06-18T08:18:00.000+01:00Absolutely got it in one.Absolutely got it in one.Eye Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16976957762483237814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post-34996178180609643042008-06-18T00:54:00.000+01:002008-06-18T00:54:00.000+01:00I think it is a rather silly debate. Are we going ...I think it is a rather silly debate. Are we going to stop batsmen coming down the wicket and turning good length balls into half volleys? Are we going to tell Murali that he can't bowl his googly, "I was expecting an off spinner"? Are we going to tell bowlers that they can only bowl the ball swinging one way, "I thought Hoggy was swinging it away from me, not into me"? Will slower balls be banned? Will Styris be told to stop bowling second rate off spinners when he is supposedly bowling seam up? Doesn't appear so. It is beyond ridiculous. If you are a good enough bowler you readjust if you see the batsmen alter his stance, as they do when they bang it in short as they advance. Better yet, you bowl fast enough so that he can't do it, or you get a yorker in as you should do at the death. It is not at all impossible to counter. And the second of Styris' balls yesterday was pitched outside leg stump and had KP not changed his stance it would have been a wide anyway! <BR/><BR/>And if it wasn't for KP's immense talent we wouldn't be having this debate, it isn't as though every Tom, Dick and Harry is reverse slogging it over what was mid-off for six! It takes a high dose of courage and a lot of skill. There is next to no time to alter your stance after the ball has been bowled and successfully club the ball for six. It is an outrageous shot and that is why you rarely see it. He could quite easily get out next time and look rather silly. High risk = high reward and it is entertainment at it's best.Chrispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116768172493122694noreply@blogger.com