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Old June 1, 2009, 07:13 PM
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9.1 Johnson to Mohammad Ashraful, OUT, chopped onto the stumps, short and fast, no room, 90mph, he is clearly late on this attempt to run it down to third man, and gets the bottom edge onto the middle stump. Johnson again strikes in the first over of a new spell
13.1 Bracken to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT, and he is finally out! makes room room again, Bracken follows him with a slower offcutter, all he manages is to slice it towards extra cover, where Ponting takes a safe, diving catch
15.2 Lee to Raqibul Hasan, OUT, played on again, Raqibul backs away to try and hit it over cover, Lee bowls a slower bouncer, he bottom-edges onto the middle stump
19.1 Johnson to Mashrafe Mortaza, no run, backs away, Johnson throws it wide, and he is beaten
19.2 Johnson to Mashrafe Mortaza, no run, swinging yorker, too good for Mortaza who has backed away too early
19.3 Johnson to Mashrafe Mortaza, OUT, another one goes, delaying the inevitable, Mortaza goes for the big hoick, gets a thick edge, straight to third man
2.1 Johnson to Tamim Iqbal, 1 run, back of a length, into the pads, turned away to leg for one
2.2 Johnson to Junaid Siddique, OUT, full and fast, and Australia's best bowler strikes, 91mph, Junaid plays all around it, straight as the ball was it takes the leg stump
3.1 Lee to Tamim Iqbal, 2 runs, Tamim continues in his merry way, short, into the body, he lifts the front leg, and pulls, along the ground, and gets two
3.1 Lee to Tamim Iqbal, 2 runs, Tamim continues in his merry way, short, into the body, he lifts the front leg, and pulls, along the ground, and gets two
3.2 Lee to Tamim Iqbal, OUT, soft, too many risks taken, and he pays for it, this was over-pitched, gives it his all, hits it hard in the air, straight down mid-off's throat
See the pattern? Note almost all the instances the batsman got out were in the beginning of overs or a batsman beginning to play a bowler. They come to the crease and thinks of slogfest (other than the Ashrafl delivery) instead of settling down and setting up the overs for a big one after nudging 1 or 2 in the first couple of deliveries. Tantrik mistake. They need to learn the steady the nerves and try Olympic type of relaxation techniques. Heck, even a sniper when is tryping to swipe out your head is ordered to practise proper breathing subconsciously.
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