chelstongull
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Post by chelstongull on Jul 23, 2009 10:04:55 GMT
Isn't there an Aussie who chucks slings has an ' unsual' bowling action akin to skimming stones on water. Saw him for the first time in the first match and burst out laughing in the 'Wain at his bowling delivery!!  |
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Post by aussie on Jul 23, 2009 15:07:40 GMT
Mitchell Johnson has a bit of a sling action, don`t know why, he is quite tall and would get more swing and bounce if he used his hieght!
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Post by merse on Jul 23, 2009 15:22:40 GMT
Mitchell Johnson has a bit of a sling action, don`t know why, he is quite tall and would get more swing and bounce if he used his hieght!  Do his tits get in the way then? Maybe that's the reason.  Perhaps he should try underarm.....................the bowling style I mean, not the deodorant!  |
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Post by aussie on Jul 23, 2009 15:32:02 GMT
And whats wrong with the deoderant? He doesn`t appear to have man boobs Merse, some of us don`t you know! I blame it on the fact that he`s a lefty and lefties tend to be very unorthodox! (Waits for lefties to react!). We only use under arm against the Kiwis by the way, I suppose we could utilise unnecassary and embarrasing time wasting techniques but I guess thats just not cricket!
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Post by capitalgull on Jul 23, 2009 16:10:57 GMT
We all know the Australians have a record for underarm bowling - they almost caused a political war with the giants from New Zealand because of it - making their bleating about the Cardiff slowdown a brilliant example of pot and kettle.
As for Mitchell Johnson, Troy Cooley, the former England and now Australian bowling coach, gave him the idea of lowering the angle of his delivery arm to improve the chances of getting reverse swing, which for a lefty like me can be devastating if used properly, and which he did to amazing effect in South Africa, giving him the idea he would be a dangerman in the Ashes.
The problem being, when he now wants to get back to a more upright delivery in conditions when the ball is not reversing, he apparently can't because his body will not do it - when he tries harder the more wayward his action becomes, the lower the arm angle drops and the easier he is to put away. Apparently it's something called muscle memory, but I can't remember where my muscles are, so maybe that's been my problem all the time.
Quickly switching sports, my favourite quote from the Open last week came from the ever brilliant Peter Alliss, talking about Mark Calcavecchia.
"Ah, Mark Calcavecchia, looking rather portly there although I've heard of golfers pulling muscles, never pulling fat!"
Guess it depends on what nightclus you frequent huh?
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Post by chrish on Jul 23, 2009 16:34:29 GMT
Mitchell Johnson has a bit of a sling action, don`t know why, he is quite tall and would get more swing and bounce if he used his hieght! You say sling, I say throw. |
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Post by aussie on Jul 23, 2009 21:39:05 GMT
Mate try different night clubs! |
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Post by Rob on Jul 23, 2009 21:41:00 GMT
Malinga the slinga is not an Aussie mate so I fail to understand what your implying, I do however recon he is a shiela, good work with the Sledging mate your learning! ;D I know he's Sri Lankan, fella. I was referring to Johnson. |
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Post by capitalgull on Jul 24, 2009 12:55:20 GMT
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Post by aussie on Jul 24, 2009 16:30:28 GMT
Some people eh! |
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Post by aussie on Jul 29, 2009 15:04:30 GMT
Sludgebastin according to the weather man, the forces of nature are favouring England, starting to wonder if it`s actually worth having cricket tests in this country at this time of year, come to think of it, at any time of year! |
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Post by Fonda on Jul 29, 2009 17:38:29 GMT
Our victory at Lords gains even more significance now - with the news the rest of the summer is destined to be a washout! The Aussies are left to pray for a break in the clouds. We can sit and watch raindrops fall all day long. A win's a win after all. :-)
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Post by aussie on Jul 29, 2009 18:58:06 GMT
Our victory at Lords gains even more significance now - with the news the rest of the summer is destined to be a washout! The Aussies are left to pray for a break in the clouds. We can sit and watch raindrops fall all day long. A win's a win after all. :-) Do you really want to win with no pride, ie winning because the weather gifted it to you? That`s pretty pathetic mate, I`d rather you beat us playing cricket through out the competition at least you could then claim the better team won! Grow some pride Fonda, I recon you`d have more fun rubbing salt into my wounds if you were the best team as I would effing well hate that so much, if the weather destroys the series then I really don`t think I will give that much of a toss! |
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Post by Fonda on Jul 29, 2009 19:00:57 GMT
Our victory at Lords gains even more significance now - with the news the rest of the summer is destined to be a washout! The Aussies are left to pray for a break in the clouds. We can sit and watch raindrops fall all day long. A win's a win after all. :-) Do you really want to win with no pride, ie winning because the weather gifted it to you? That`s pretty pathetic mate, I`d rather you beat us playing cricket through out the competition at least you could then claim the better team won! Grow some pride Fonda, I recon you`d have more fun rubbing salt into my wounds if you were the best team as I would effing well hate that so much, if the weather destroys the series then I really don`t think I will give that much of a toss! It was a joke mate. It's the Ashes - i want to see some cricket, just like the rest of the country! |
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Post by aussie on Jul 29, 2009 19:13:21 GMT
OOps sorry, can`t help it, just like a mackerel to shiney thing again, I really must stop biting!
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