Tsotsobe can be dagerous

I have seen Lonwabo Tsotsobe can make name for himself is he gets a run in the next test. The main thing that makes him dangerous is the fact that he can induce strokes from batsmen because of his bowling angle. He is especially dangerous when he pitch up a fraction with the ball aimed a bit wider of the off stump and reduces is speed a fraction. We have already seen Dravid and Tendulkar chasing these balls and paying the penalty.

To make this more effective he should bowl ideally at 135 KM/h and then bowl the wider one at 130 KM/h. The carrot ball will dismiss a lot of good batsmen if he applies this tactics. In the first Test against India a lot of Balls went wide of third slip that indicates that his speed was a fraction slow for the conditions.

By picking up small hints like balls that are going just wide of the third slip can also help him in determining the optimum speed for the pitch that he is bowling on. The rule should be if the ball goes wide of third slip you should bowl about 3 to 5 KM/h faster so that the nicks can go to hand in the slips area.

Ajantha Mendis has flummoxed South African

Ajantha Mendis has flummoxed South African left handed batsmen. Only bowling two deliveries to South African left handed batsmen and clean bowling both in his first spell of five over’s. Also tying down the scoring rate during his spell and putting Sri Lanka in a position as firm favourites to beat South Africa and sending them to third on the table of one day international rankings.
South Africa only had Graeme Smith until he received the first ball from Mednis and totally misjudged it playing down the wrong line. It will be interesting to see haw Mendis perform in the competition with the tracks giving assistance to spin.
The new rankings will be at number one Australia by a narrow margin then in second position India. Both these teams are in action in the other section of the competition.