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Ashes: "I have played pull shot better as series progressed....," says Aus
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Head played well in tough conditions against a top-class England pace attack in the third Ashes Test at Headingley, scoring a gutsy 77 in 112 balls while wickets fell from the other end. He helped Australia take their lead to 250 and give England 251 runs to win their first Ashes game of the
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"Many big names pointed it out...": KKR skipper Nitish on his short-ball t
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday. Nitish is in solid form this season. He has taken the role of KKR skipper and played it to perfection with some memorable victories and knocks
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He is very talented, picks things up really quickly: Ricky Ponting on Axar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ponting said Axar struggled with the short ball early in his career but has since turned this apparent weakness into one of his strengths.
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Women's WC: Didn't bowl as wanted, gave many short balls, says WI captain
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hamilton [New Zealand], March 12 (ANI): After facing a 155-run defeat against India in the ongoing ICC Women's ODI World Cup on Saturday, West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor emphasized on team's poor bowling performance.
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Ind vs NZ: Shreyas played brilliantly but we have more information on him
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): New Zealand pacer Tim Southee on Thursday said that it is not easy to bowl short balls on slow surfaces, but he admitted that the tactic was under-employed while bowling to Shreyas Iyer in the first Test.
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Eng vs Ind: Felt like Bumrah wasn't trying to get me out in 2nd Test, says
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Headingley [UK], August 24 (ANI): England pacer James Anderson has said that he felt like India seamer Jasprit Bumrah was not trying to get him out in the second innings of the Lord's Test, rather the focus was on just bowling short balls at him.
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Kohli and his team jumped on to something that emotionally gave them edge:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 17 (ANI): England skipper Joe Root has denied using the short-ball tactic a bit too much in the second innings, but admitted that India jumped on to something that emotionally gave them an edge.
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Ind vs Aus: Planned on bowling short balls to Pucovski, says Siraj
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], January 7 (ANI): On a day when the Indian bowlers had to toil hard at the Sydney Cricket Ground, pacer Mohammad Siraj said that the team had planned on bowling short balls to Will Pucovski looking at the batsman's history of being troubled by the short-pitched delivery.
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Ind vs Aus: Short-ball will definitely be used as a tactic, says Hazlewood
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], December 13 (ANI): Ahead of the four-match Test series against India, Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood on Sunday said that his side would definitely employ the short-ball tactic against the visitors.
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Ind vs Aus: Attacking fields against me gives opportunity to score runs, s
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 1 (ANI): India middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday said that the attacking fields employed by Australia gives him an opportunity to score more runs.
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Smith doesn't have weakness against short ball, says Andrew McDonald
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], November 22 (ANI): Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald on Sunday said that Steve Smith does not have a weakness against the short ball and he will have no problem if Indian bowlers resort to bowling bouncers at him.
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Steve Smith unfazed with short-ball strategy employed against him
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], November 15 (ANI): Australian batsman Steve Smith has said that he is not that concerned with opponents employing the short-ball strategy in the longest format of the game.
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