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Old April 20, 2011, 02:09 PM
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take another example of this over the top hype, check your own signature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2UnMxR3IM supposedly "Greatest over in cricketing history (Freddie Flintoff at Edgbaston 2005)"

wow ! I am intrigued ! let's watch it.

ball1. run of the mill 3/4 length ball outside off that the left handed langer defends without any problem. nothing that someone like mpumelelo mbangwa (say) or a dodda ganesh cannot manage on a decent day.

ball2. similar innocuous ball closer to the stumps. langer misjudges the length and inside edges onto the stumps. a lucky wkt.

ball3. decent ball that jags back off the seam into ponting and hits him on the shin. flintoff appeals even though it is clearly hitting outside off.

ball4. similar ball closer to the stumps. ponting steers it to gully.

ball5. similar ball on offstump line that moves back with good bounce. ponting defends awkwardly to the legside.

ball6. regulation wide outside offstump with no movement that ponting leaves alone. wait, it's a no ball !!

ball7. this is only really good delivery in the over, it pitches outside off bowled from wide of crease, drawing ponting into the drive and then straightens. ponting edges it to the WK.

this is the "Greatest over in cricketing history " ??
every test match I have watched, even the worst of the lot have at least 5-6 overs like that. great bowlers like akram and walsh would bowl whole spells at an even higher intensity !
forget the greats, even ishant sharma bowled FAR better for 9 overs on the trot, not just one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAPU_aOQi_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAEXuMnw3tI
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