Thu 9 Mar 2006 11:10 am
Reverse for Munaf Patel
Posted by Rolla under Cricket , England , India , Munaf Patel , Reverse Swing[3] Comments
With a flat pitch and the ball not carrying to the keeper it looked like there would be little help for the quicker bowlers. But in Munaf Patel’s third spell he got it up to 145 kph , getting some noticeable reverse swing, and with one delivery he was unlucky not to york Collingwood, the ball rolling just back from the stumps. There’s no strain with Patel – it all looks fairly effortless.
In the next over he took a good catch off his own bowling to dismiss Pietersen. At Baroda in the warm-up match he took most of his wickets with reverse: something that the England quick bowlers were unable to achieve when they got hold of the ball.
“How fast is Patel?” has featured on the search strings in recent weeks. The answer is 135-145 kph.
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March 10th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
I’m not surprised that that inquiry has featured so much in recent weeks. Indians are obsessed about the 140 Kmph barrier, because hardly anyone seems to make it up there. Sadly, back in 2000 Zaheer Khan was hitting 145 Kmph during the Champions Trophy. Then, injuries and complacency caught up with him. Who knows where Patel is headed. As an Indian fan, I can’t start celebrating just yet.
March 11th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
The other popular query during the first test was “How fast is Sreesanth?”, so this bears out what you say. Be good to see the two of them bowling together.
March 16th, 2006 at 1:08 am
[...] Willow and Leather profiles the “bloke from Bharuch who can be a real match-winner“ especially after the way he ran through the English lineup including the wickets of Flintoff and Strauss in both innings. It is also a wierd twist of fate that landed Munaf in cricket; he could have been in Zambia for all you know. And now his entire village is celebrating his role in India’s victory against England. Reverse Swing talks about his awesome pace and prodigal swing. S Jagdish has more on Munaf. [...]