Denly opens the bowling for Kent in white ball cricket. Really pleased the Morgan or the England management let him do what's been successful for him, especially when forced to bat down the order which isn't his natural position
Amazing how T20 has made leg spinners an essential part of a bowling attack, when they had been virtually extinct in this country
Even more so when you consider that the reason they became virtually extinct was their lack of economy in the first class game, too many 'four balls.' Yet they are thriving in a format where the batsman tries to get after the bowler from the off.
Unfamiliarity perhaps? Will there be a bit of 'second season' syndrome for Joe the bowler? I know that it will not be Joe's actual second season obviously but as a front line bowler in all formats it effectively will be arguably.
Amazing how T20 has made leg spinners an essential part of a bowling attack, when they had been virtually extinct in this country
Even more so when you consider that the reason they became virtually extinct was their lack of economy in the first class game, too many 'four balls.' Yet they are thriving in a format where the batsman tries to get after the bowler from the off.
Unfamiliarity perhaps? Will there be a bit of 'second season' syndrome for Joe the bowler? I know that it will not be Joe's actual second season obviously but as a front line bowler in all formats it effectively will be arguably.
"In the old days" to be economical, you had to keep to a good line and length, to fire it in to the same place
These days if you do that you get clobbered. It's unpredictability which makes it harder for the modern day batsman to smack a ball, and leg spinners have that if they can turn it both ways. The lack of pace on the ball seems to help too.
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We've got 6 bowlers and yet bowl Denly in 1st over - dont get it, but lets see how he does.
Kent’s Denly 2-5 from 2 overs
Surrey’s Curran 0-19 from 2 overs
Yeah, because noone has seen him bowl before !
Rashid 4-0-11-3
Ali 2-0-24-0
Pressure on Moeen
Well bowled Adil.
What a legend the man is, a true Man of Kent. Keep your grubby mitts off of him, Slurry.
8 overs - 7 for 30!
Unfamiliarity perhaps? Will there be a bit of 'second season' syndrome for Joe the bowler? I know that it will not be Joe's actual second season obviously but as a front line bowler in all formats it effectively will be arguably.
These days if you do that you get clobbered. It's unpredictability which makes it harder for the modern day batsman to smack a ball, and leg spinners have that if they can turn it both ways. The lack of pace on the ball seems to help too.