Six and Out - Some Serious Cricket

January 10th, 2008

What you are saying…

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I’ve decided to highlight a reader comment every week. Sometimes, our readers leave really intelligent comments.
Here’s a latest one from Hilal in response to the Murali video. Somehow it ended up in the spam queue, so you didn’t notice it probably.
Thank you for highlighting the video. It was uploaded by […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments

December 16th, 2007

Murali in slow motion: Decide for yourself

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Chucking is all over me. So here goes.
While this is not a substitute for 3-D analysis and we’re not biomechanics, 2000 frames/second is slow enough for our eyes to observe bowling actions from varying angles.

I don’t really know if this is 2000 frames/sec, but it’s slow enough.
I am not going […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 8 comments

December 15th, 2007

Shaun Tait too quick for New Zealand

I know, I know, you can’t judge someone’s action simply from ordinary observation, but just take a look at this video. No trace of chucking, IMO. What is the power of Vettori’s specs, again?

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By Dinsa Sachan -- 7 comments

December 15th, 2007

Before you call someone a chucker…

I never understood why I didn’t like talking about chucking. Now I’m seeing some daylight. I figure it’s because of how close a resemblance the word chucking bears to the f-word. Anyway, let’s get to the point.

Daniel Vettori called Shaun Tait a chucker, and this gave everyone something to talk about. I find it funny […]

By Dinsa Sachan -- 3 comments