By Bipin Dani
MUMBAI
(TheSportsNext) August 3, 2012: Steve Finn gets in very close to the stumps
when he bowls, according to his one-time coach at Middlesex, Ian Pont.
Speaking exclusively from London on Thursday, minutes after
the ICC umpire, Steve Davis called 'dead ball' after Finn dislodged the bails
at the non-striker's end, Pont said, "Steve Finn gets in very close to the
stumps when he bowls, which comes from an angled run. If Finn continued his run
along the line he runs in, he would run down the pitch towards long leg.
"Sometimes, he gets in too tight and this lead to the
bails being knocked off. The disadvantage of kicking the bails off also has an
impact on potential run outs, too".
"From a technical viewpoint, bowling so tight to the
stumps can lead to the top half of the action driving towards gully instead of
the off stump as the bowler tries to avoid running down the pitch. In the
situation with Smith, this angled run will make Finn feel comfortable as Smith
is left-handed", Pont, who was ECB national skills set coach at
Loughborough, said.
"The law is up for interpretation by umpires when a
bowler dislodges the stumps or bails in their action. If a batting side
complains that it is distracting, the umpire must make a judgement call on
that".
The MCC, the Custodian of the laws of the game, will review
the Laws following the incident involving the 24-year-old, Finn.
"I sometimes think it can be preferable to bowl mid
crease, angling the ball into the stumps and then nipping it away from a right
hander, which creates two angles (in and out) rather than 'old school' wicket
to wicket. Bowlers have to become adaptable in the modern game generally. Using
the crease is an essential part of the bowler's skill", the former
Bangladesh bowling coach concluded.
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