Life after COVID-19 for bowlers

Bowlers are going to be the victimized party

Getting back to the basics

Under the current scenarios, where shining the ball via Saliva is totally a crime under the conditions, so we'll have to get to the basics, as the time when reverse-swing was associated as open-secret to Pakistanis only, the time of Lillee's and Robert's are returning, like it is said "time is passing me by".

The reason I posted the video above because this is supposedly one of the ways of bowling under the current bowling scenarios for the cricketing fraternity, where the amount of variations a bowler possesses is going to succeed instead it is going to be otherwise for the majority of them.

Below is the clipping of Vincy Premier League being currently played at St. Vincent, where rustiness and lack of swing can be experienced accordingly, and furthermore it is high time for the back-end thinktank teams to work the problem and make way for newer innovations in Quid Pro Quo because most of the cricket fraternity depends on late swinging deliveries which are going to be the story of the past, therefore banging the balls hard off the pitch and varying your deliveries accordingly just like Shoaib Akhtar did during England tour to Pakistan in 2005, as the commentator also acknowledged he expected nothing off the pitch, therefore, used it as a secret weapon in conditions where it doesn't swing much.

Pace is going to be the key

The pace is the key to success for the current lot of bowlers as the only swinging they (the bowlers) are going to get is via the atmosphere, and atmosphere only supports swinging when there is pace behind, hence, the bowlers who utilize the atmosphere is going to succeed, unlike pre-COVID-19 period where after some overs bowlers used to get assist from the reverse swing.

What is up for Pakistan?

I personally feel (I hope I am wrong), that Pakistan is surely going to suffer because Pakistan possesses less number of pure pace bowlers and more of Medium-Fast bowlers who initially rely on Swinging Deliveries, read Muhammad Musa, etc. If swing is taken away from them, they are venomless, hence they are going to be like a faster-spin-bowlers. The only genuine pace bowlers currently Pakistan have are Muhammad Hasnain and Nasim Shah. 

Developing the bowlers with new skills under a new strategy

It is a well-known fact that just like I read the history of Abdul Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood who used to work hard on the nets and had the courage-and-willingness of developing a skill, which is sans in current lot of cricketers hence this is the period where if cricket requires to initiate after a break, it requires hard workout.

Relaxation Fatigueness 

This is the biggest threat, since March 15, all cricketers have been on idle state, therefore when there is going to be a stir on idleness with sudden impact, is going to breakdown the bowlers hence it is the case of muscle memory, as they have not regularly been practicing because it was not required given current scenarios, hence ICC has opted for 2 to 3 months practice period for bowlers to get into rhythm.

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