Apr 07 2024 72 mins 19
How much does bowling matter in T20s and how does one measure the potency of a bowler in this format? What are the measures of excellence for a T20 bowler?
Talking Points:
- How does one describe a good T20 bowler?
- Is it possible to separate actions and outcomes for T20 bowling?
- A format that offers the bowlers almost no leverage
- What is the role of bowlers in a contest designed to be between bat and bat?
- Does a great T20 bowler need any particular skills?
- The value of bowlers with unconventional actions
- What Jasprit Bumrah does well in T20s
- Why T20 bowlers can't be viewed in the same way as Test or ODI bowlers
- Can we gauge bowling in T20s before hitting has reached its full potential?
- The future of T20 bowling - and why some rule changes can bring bowlers into the game
- The Harshal Patel problem for T20 bowlers
- Are teams being inefficient when paying huge sums for bowlers?
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Karthikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo
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Related:
- Hitting v Batting: the choice that dictates the shape of a T20 contest - 81allout podcast
- Bowling doesn't really matter in T20 - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview
- Ferociously fast and thrillingly direct: how Mayank went bang, bang, bang - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
- 'If you go searching for wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand' - Samuel Badree interview by Nagraj Gollapudi - The Cricket Monthly
- ICC recommends ODI rule changes - Cricket Australia
