Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Richmond T20 One Last Hurdle

I was really happy with batting efforts . Devang & Bhavin Played really well. Big innings was complemented by Jamai & Rahil's Cameo. 165 was par score but our bowling & Fielding was big letdown.  We eventually won with 2 runs so talks shifted about bhavin's reluctantance to run third run final over.  We should have won with 20 to 50 run margin.


Devang's Batting : 55 from 41 bowls :
     Though  Devang got 2 life/Dropped ,I personally feel that not much wrong with the shot he played. If I deduct 4 and 6 , Devang scored 35 runs in Singles/doubles from 37 balls . This is 3rd time during T20 seasons I felt that he was mentally switched on. more than technically , Mental make up made the big difference. 

    Final will be annother challenge . RICC bowling is more discplined. Normally, They bowl stump to stump line which forces opposition to hit longer boundary.  If you  play across the line than you will get out either LBW/Bowled . Also I found older video( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGyDns-Gpo&t=7198s ). they are bowling majority ball on way outside offstump(Syed Ali & Akram )  but not short enough .

 On Technical front, make sure his head does not fall over offside,specially againt fayaz. This will allow to hit in the V . Your offside play will come more into play against other bowlers .if they bowl in leg side(specically fayaz) than you will not miss it. using depth of the crease will help against Syed . Because of the big ground , you can maniuplate the field.

But for me more than Technical, I want devang to mentally switched on .

Devang's Bowling :
   Apart from few bad balls early in the inning , I do not feel like anything to change in the bowling.