Amorphous Thoughts

"He (Steyn) would suffocate the batsman in the crease." - Alan Donald Couldn't agree more with him.The kind of length he delivers that too with a great pace, would really corner the batsmen which would eventually lead to edging the ball. This surfer bowlers action is one good treat to watch. Of all the contemporary bowlers, i feel he is the only one who can fit in the league of great bowlers (comprising Waqar,Wasim,McGrath etc.,)

I was going through Alan Donald's articles about the Intimidating bowlers and then found a piece on Ambrose (scaling 6ft 10 inches). I do remember his bowling, but back then, i never bothered about the discipline of a bowler. Coming back to the article , Donald was mentioning about one of Ambrose's spells in Trinidad against Australia in 1995.During his spell, he bowled one good delivery which Steve Waugh couldn't handle. (Though David Shepherd counted it as a bounder, it didn't seem like one) Thus frustrated Steve got down to altercation and  Ambrose was visibly angry with the words that were chosen by Steve Waugh. The next deliveries from Ambrose were ferocious and in Donald's words: "Steve Waugh got punished every where: in the ribs , the arms .." The line and length of the deliveries were impeccable and a treat to watch. BUT steve waugh remained not out and he averaged 100 in that series. Sparing his altercation, he had shown some character while batt...