Guy Walker’s first ample Bash spell became three overs from hell,but did the medium-pacer really bowl badly?4, 1lb, or 1,dot ball, wide, and 4,wide, 1lb, or 4,1, 6, or 6,1, dot ball, and 6,6, 4, or 2,dot ball, dot ball. That is three overs, or just four dot balls,no wickets and 49 runs. Three overs in the course of a Twenty20 innings, a towelling on the face of it, and the sort of which there will be plenty in the forthcoming World T20. Most will not believe heard of the bowler,a young lad called Guy Walker, 20 years old and Nottingham-born, or playing for the Melbourne Renegades in the ample Bash League this year.
But there is a story behind the figures. Did he bowl badly,or was he on the receiving end of a calculated mauling? Was it both? And what was going through the intellect of a young rookie as he bowled to Chris Lynn, the most ferocious destroyer of seam bowling in Australia?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com