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Originally Posted by Dhakablues
It does impact the bowlers. For starters, if the bowlers strength is LBWs and Yorkers, they will be impacted because the line is different. He will have to bowl over the wicket or adjust the line and it makes it easier for the batsman to pick the ball better.
It was a record to have 7 left handed batsman in any world cup during the match. I am pretty certain that it is a record for any form of the game because no ODI or Test team has this many left handed batsman.
In way it is fascinating because not too long ago, we were craving for atleast one left handed batsman and when Dickens was selected, Bashar and the team was elated to have him because they thought it will help them tremendously. Though Dickens failed in his first impression, he did comeback somewhat to the team after 5 years or so.
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While conventional wisdom would say exactly what you said and is very much true, I just don't know why a right handed bowler should not be able to take advantage of the natural away (coming in to the lefty) swing of a new ball and use it to the exact advantage a lefty bowler enjoys against a right handed batsmen. Just look at the way Tamim got out by Bukhari. That ball came in too much which was why it hit Tamim on the pads and went on to hit the off stump, if it just held it's line, which was what Tamim playing for, then it would have been just another good ball instead of a wicket taking ball.
I am a new ball bowler myself and always enjoy bowling to the lefties especially at the begining of the match. And toward the end if I'm lucky to reverse.........but it is rather difficult.