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Swing, Seam, Reverse Swing: Jamieson’s Bag of Tricks Fox Batsman

November 25, 2021
Henry Club

Kyle Jamieson strikes a familiar dread in the minds of India’s batsmen. He was harassed by beanpole seamers in Wellington and Christchurch; Haunted them in Southampton; And in the latest display of his limitless prowess, he’s even bitten in his backyard in Kanpur, ticking a big box in his resume, the resourcefulness to become a deadly force in Asia.

Every foreign bowler, however successful he may be in his field, questions his effectiveness in the Asian climate. They are often judged by that criterion as well – unlike Asian spinners producing match-winning spells overseas. And so much more for someone from New Zealand. Even some of his best swing-seam bowlers, such as Tim Southee, Trent Boult And Neil Wagner has struggled to replicate his brilliance in India, which is why the country remains an unstoppable pinnacle for him. But what they couldn’t, Jamieson looked more like a seasoned virtuoso than a first-timer, in an exemplary display of precise seam bowling in his first Test in Asia.

Most of the success stories of foreign fast bowlers involve excessive pace or reverse swing. Dale Steyn For example and James Anderson. Jamieson barely accelerates to 140kph. It became clear only on Thursday that he could reverse-swing.

But he has the ability to achieve swing and seam, both subtle and noticeable, conventional and reverse, control and discipline. that ball Mayank Agarwal A traditional out-swinger, his stock ball came out behind. But Agarwal was waiting for an inward seam movement, and so he was sucked into the semi-defensive prod.

India’s Shubman Gill is bowled by New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson on the first day of his first Test cricket match against New Zealand in Kanpur, India, Thursday, November 25, 2021. (AP photo/Altaf Qadri)

Similarly, Shubman Gill was hoping for a traditional inward seam movement, he got a reverse-swinging corker that went into him devilishly. He stood stunned. Gill later admitted, “I didn’t expect the ball to be reversed so quickly in the game.” Here, thus, there is a bowler who can bowl the same ball in different ways. He could move the ball to the right hand with the conservative seam as well as the reverse seam. He could swing the ball away, as well as take the ball away. He could seam the ball in the right hand as well as reverse-swing the ball. In the post-lunch spell, he resorted to both, which left the batsmen’s mind spoiled.

Like all good fast bowlers, he achieves this with slight variations in his release and wrist position. See how easily he catches the ball. This allows the wrist to flick for more rotation. Those that move clearly are prompted with a more vigorous snap of the wrist that are not.

He uses swing as a spinner does variations. Sometimes the wrists are bent more and sometimes less. With the dexterity of a pianist, he works his fingers on the ball to create his eccentricity.

Sometimes, he holds the ball together at the seam with his forefinger and middle finger, sometimes, they are kept apart; The thumb is sometimes under the ball, sometimes on its side. The mastery of the various modes demonstrates that he is able to seam, swing, reverse swing, cut and wobble the ball. Often, these are tricks that bowlers acquire over time. But it appears that Jamieson has fully sprouted. It is unimaginable that he is only playing his ninth Test match. He has the maturity of a seasoned pro.

point of impact

Fuse his mastery of seam manipulation with the command of height and length, he transforms into a fast bowler. The ball is released from such a high height, its high-arm release provides force that, even from a good length, the ball is carried farther than shorter bowlers. The point of impact is very high on the bat, one of the reasons why batsmen are hesitant to move fully when facing it. They end up in No Man’s Land. Like the pitch at Green Park, the altitude makes it even more difficult to interact with the variable buoyancy on the surface. Ajinkya Rahane will confess. Many of Jamieson’s deliveries had reached hip height, but the ball he dragged could barely pass above his waist. The difference in bounce is more pronounced as compared to shorter bowlers.

His control over length is equally admirable. Most bowlers have a preferred operating length; Jamieson has a good length, but he is equally comfortable bowling fuller, like Gill’s ball which was full. He could also bowl short, uncomfortably in the body. Gill would concede again, as Jamieson subjected him to a short ball barrage in the World Test Championship final. His three wickets of the day were of different lengths underscores the fact that Agarwal with a good length delivery, Gill with a full and Rahane with a back-of-length.

Often, a batsman’s height is taken lightly, but many tall bowlers acknowledge how difficult it is to hit good and fuller lengths. Morne Morkel and both Ishant Sharma He had difficulties in finding the length which makes him non-negotiable for the batsmen. There is very little he cannot do. So consummate that the batsmen should be thankful that he survived at lightning speed. Then, that would have been almost impossible.

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