Conventional or reverse swing where a ball deviates late in flight is one of the most hard types of bowling to face, particularly if the bowler is capable, as Anderson is, of deliveries in excess of 80mph.
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The Pakistani channel hinting at wrongdoing had focused on the way in which England vice-captain Joe Root was shining the ball.
“It’s a load of rubbish”, Cook replied when asked about the allegations. I was hit first ball by Mitchell Johnson in the Oval Test here past year and I feel like I’ve improved my game in that department.
“Let’s be honest. It’s shining the shiny side of the ball on his pants”. It’s so far-fetched that it’s just nonsense. But I am really pleased to get a hundred.
Cook also expressed disappointment that the story might overshadow what has been, until now, a good quality series played in fine spirit between two well-matched sides.
“With Pakistan at the moment, teams not going there is a terrible shame for the kids there not seeing their heroes play”.
“Hopefully we’ll be talking about cricket at the end of this next Test”.
“It’s a little sideshow and hopefully it stays there”.
Misbah-ul-Haq’s men began day two on the score of three with one wicket down.
Subsequently, one Pakistani television station suggested England could have illegally tampered with the ball. Let’s celebrate that we’ve had four matches between the oft-shafted Pakistan, Test cricket’s most interesting sides, and one of it’s most exciting young teams in England. But if England bat like they did at Old Trafford and cut out the mistakes, they can play him out of the game.
“That was a super spell by all their bowlers, especially after lunch”.
“We’ve made a group decision as players and managers (that) we’re not even going to talk about it until Reg is back – so the idea that players will be allowed to opt out. has certainly not come from within our team and is certainly not something we’ve talked about”. We should have played better.
Asked to pinpoint the root of the problem, Farbrace said: “It’s the concentration element”. He achieved the milestone in 164 balls at a strike rate of 61. This is an art, a science and whole time you have to care for the ball. “A 150-run lead will be excellent”.
Farbrace said: “Hales can’t blame anything else. and you expect caught and bowled to be caught”.
Farbrace is an admirer of England’s current opponents, who since a terrorist attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore in 2009 have played nearly all their cricket outside their homeland.
“So they have to learn that and care for the ball – we have to gain that experience and concentrate on that”. “But with those two wickets at the end we feel we’re right back in it again”. But obviously the fifth day is different and it could happen. I’ve worked on my technique quite a bit, playing against the short ball.
England then concluded their faulty morning when Finn put down a return chance from Azhar’s straight-drive on 35, as Pakistan jockeyed an advantageous position on a very good surface under near cloudless skies.
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His wicket was the fourth to fall. The TV umpire can also advice on the basis of what they see on their screens.
