by Durhamfootman » Sun Apr 09, 2023 2:57 pm
Amazing what pressure can do. I remember an over from Scott Borthwick in a T20 match (I forget who was batting) and as every ball sailed into the stands, so he he kept bowling the same delivery over and over again. It's the panic.... head gets scrambled and the bowler suddenly loses total control of the delivery. I also remember Mark Ealham doing the same thing to Neil Killeen in the very early days of T20 and Killer did the self same thing.
In Killer's case Ealham had hit the first ball for 4, so wasn't in danger of conceding a maximum 36, but Borthwick very definitely was and Colly had to go over and tell him where to fire the final ball so that the batsman had no chance of connecting. It was a filthy ball, but at least the ignominy was avoided
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