Sachin Tendulkar is a gifted wicket in either forms of the game and when you have him in your first game, it means that there is something in the bowling to look forward to. In Tests, the bowlers who have taken him as their maiden scalp have not gone to kick on with bigger things in life. It's one thing to get his wicket and quite another to get his wicket by foxing him
Clint McKay will forever bask in the glory of not only having him in his very first game but by having him foxed by a slower delivery in that epic match at Hyderabad. He got him by bowling a back of the hand slower one. Till today his debut match remained his best day in his short career. He made a name for himself on the circuit for his back of the hand slower ball
From today on people will remember him for sucking every bit of help that a pitch can provide. Bestowed with the opportunity of sharing new ball in a dead rubber he dismantled the top order in a jiffy!
Dilshan was forced into flicking a fuller ball on the middle stump to the square-leg fielder. Sangakkara's dismissal was actually set-up as he beat the outside edge and then bowled one wider outside the off stump. Sangakkara fell for the bait and got an outside edge back to the keeper. He did not have to work much for Jayawardene's wicket as he bowled one just short of a fuller length. Jayawardene obliged him by going for the drive and got an outside edge that was snaffled up at second slip. He got the premier batsmen of Sri Lanka back in the pavilion for ducks
It is said that fast bowlers hunt in pairs which means one aids the other in getting the wickets. Starc did just that for Watson as beat the outside edge of Tharanga twice in an over with deliveries slanted across him. Watson then did the needful by pitching one on line and fuller in length
Starc could have had his first wicket if not for Ferguson not diving at square-leg and was replaced by Doherty only to be handed the ball to bowl from the end Watson bowled. He immediately rewarded himself and his captain by getting Matthews' wicket. He got him to inside edge a delivery as he came down the track in a premeditated attempt to go over long-off. "I felt pretty good. Getting the first one is pretty tough and once you have it in the bag the pressure eases" Starc said about the first wicket in international cricket. Shades of Sachin Tendulkar in talking about getting a double century in that
The way he got Jeevan Mendis was even more beautiful as he got him to fend at a delivery that rose at an alarming height and it went to Haddin chest height. At this stage began the partnership between McKay and Starc.McKay helped Starc in getting Silva's wicket as he had him driving away from the body in his over. Silva did the same to Starc and got a thick inside edge that cannoned onto the stumps
With Powerplay being taken, McKay with his fuller length forced Perrera to drive and he lofted it to point. McKay got a well deserved five-fer when he got Randiv to drive away from the body and with the ball coming in ever so slightly, Randiv missed the line and was castled
Starc pronounced the final rites for the innings as he got Malinga to connect a pull shot straight into the hands of deep midwicket. In a matter of six overs between themselves McKay and Starc took four wickets and nine wickets in the innings. Starc who was considered to be a clone of Johnson before this match earned an identity for himself
For a team that was struggling to finish the innings off, to do it in a matter of six overs was an achievement. It's not as if they can put the demons from Cardiff, Mohali and Melbourne to rest but it at least gives them a hope
Starc was pretty elated when he said that there was a lot of talk in the past couple of weeks and that being put into action was good thing. He also said it felt good to put in the hard work at the academy and added he felt pretty happy about wearing the cap at home
As for McKay people will start watching out for those inswingers in addition to the back of the hand slower deliveries. Whoever said fast bowlers hunt in pairs, said it right
Clint McKay will forever bask in the glory of not only having him in his very first game but by having him foxed by a slower delivery in that epic match at Hyderabad. He got him by bowling a back of the hand slower one. Till today his debut match remained his best day in his short career. He made a name for himself on the circuit for his back of the hand slower ball
From today on people will remember him for sucking every bit of help that a pitch can provide. Bestowed with the opportunity of sharing new ball in a dead rubber he dismantled the top order in a jiffy!
It is said that fast bowlers hunt in pairs which means one aids the other in getting the wickets. Starc did just that for Watson as beat the outside edge of Tharanga twice in an over with deliveries slanted across him. Watson then did the needful by pitching one on line and fuller in length
Starc could have had his first wicket if not for Ferguson not diving at square-leg and was replaced by Doherty only to be handed the ball to bowl from the end Watson bowled. He immediately rewarded himself and his captain by getting Matthews' wicket. He got him to inside edge a delivery as he came down the track in a premeditated attempt to go over long-off. "I felt pretty good. Getting the first one is pretty tough and once you have it in the bag the pressure eases" Starc said about the first wicket in international cricket. Shades of Sachin Tendulkar in talking about getting a double century in that
With Powerplay being taken, McKay with his fuller length forced Perrera to drive and he lofted it to point. McKay got a well deserved five-fer when he got Randiv to drive away from the body and with the ball coming in ever so slightly, Randiv missed the line and was castled
Starc pronounced the final rites for the innings as he got Malinga to connect a pull shot straight into the hands of deep midwicket. In a matter of six overs between themselves McKay and Starc took four wickets and nine wickets in the innings. Starc who was considered to be a clone of Johnson before this match earned an identity for himself
For a team that was struggling to finish the innings off, to do it in a matter of six overs was an achievement. It's not as if they can put the demons from Cardiff, Mohali and Melbourne to rest but it at least gives them a hope
Starc was pretty elated when he said that there was a lot of talk in the past couple of weeks and that being put into action was good thing. He also said it felt good to put in the hard work at the academy and added he felt pretty happy about wearing the cap at home
As for McKay people will start watching out for those inswingers in addition to the back of the hand slower deliveries. Whoever said fast bowlers hunt in pairs, said it right
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