DAILY SUARGAM | JAMMU SPORTS WEDNESDAY | MARCH 31, 2021 11 What looking at James Anderson's and Ishant Sharma's careers Harmanpreet Kaur tests as collections of spells tells us about them as bowlers positive for Covid-19 What looking at James short second example. In his early years, he was not fast-bowling side of things, Anderson's career trajecto- Harmanpreet Kaur has test- home. series defeat. Earlier, Mithali Anderson's and Ishant Unlike limited-overs crick- the best bowler in the and support for Anderson ry is illustrated well by his ed positive for Covid-19, the Kaur did not play any part Raj had led India to a 4-1 loss Sharma's careers as collec- et, which is a contest of effi- England side. His wickets has improved. record on his four Ashes in the ODIs, in which Kaur hit tions of spells tells us about ciency, Test cricket is a game were initially more expen- A similar comparison of tours so far. On his first, in 160 runs in four innings at an them as bowlers of control. The absence of a sive than those taken at the economy rates is given 2006-07, he conceded 4.4 average of 53.33, including a Using ball-by-ball records, predetermined limit on the other end, and this meant below. The economy rate in runs per over and took only 54 in the fourth ODI. which are now available for length of an innings over that he did not hold a regular a Test match is an important five wickets at 82.6 apiece. Kaur is the second high-pro- 887 Test matches, from 1999 which the ten available spot in England's XI. aspect of control. This record On his second tour, in 2010- file India Women cricketer to to 2021, I have constructed wickets are to be taken He returned in 2006 and adds texture to the four 11, he conceded 2.9 runs per have tested positive for Covid- spells records for each means that batsmen seek to won his spot in the strong phases above, especially over and took 24 wickets at 19 after pace bowler Mansi bowler, along the lines of accumulate runs as safely as English attack that would after the first phase, when 26 apiece without taking a Joshi tested positive last batting partnership records. possible. Bowlers are the win the Ashes in Australia in Anderson was evidently single five-wicket haul. This October. As a result of that, For example, if a bowler masters of the contest. If a 2010-11, and win in India in either not sufficiently accu- last suggests (much as it Joshi had to miss the Women's bowls a five-over spell start- bowler does not bowl a bad 2012-13, reaching the top of rate or bowled the attacking does with Pat Cummins' 29 T20 Challenge in the UAE, ing in over 49 of a Test ball, and bowls according to the world rankings. length too often and went for wickets in the 2019 Ashes in where she was to represent innings and ending in over England without a single the Velocity side, led by Raj. 57 (overs 49, 51, 53, 55 and five-wicket haul), that update coming after she had in the recent T20Is at home Separately, a number of for- 57), then the overs at the Anderson bowled in a experienced mild symptoms against South Africa as a result mer Indian cricketers, who other end during this spell strong all-round attack. In and was tested. ESPNcricinfo of a hip-flexor injury, which were part of the Road Safety are 50, 52, 54 and 56. The 2013-14, he conceded 3.2 understands that the India she picked up during the fifth Series in Raipur, have tested record for each spell runs per over and took 14 T20I captain experienced a ODI in the longer-format positive for Covid-19: Sachin includes the runs conceded wickets at 43.9 apiece. This fever for four days before test- series preceding the T20Is. Tendulkar, Yusuf Pathan, S and wickets taken by the was the tour on which ing positive on Monday. She is In Kaur's absence, Smriti Badrinath and Irfan Pathan bowler during the spell, and England's world No. 1 team currently self-isolating at Mandhana led India to a 2-1 have returned positive tests. the runs conceded and wick- broke apart. In 2017-18, ets taken at the other end Anderson conceded 2.1 runs during the spell. per over, and took 17 wick- The overall picture pre- ets at 28. Virat Kohli to join RCB camp in Chennai on April 1 sented by the spells record is This restrictiveness along- Virat Kohli will join the be part of his IPL franchise "Scheduling needs to be as one might expect in Test side slightly lesser wicket- Royal Challengers set-up within two days of looked at in future, cricket. When wickets fall at taking potency has become a Bangalore squad on April India finishing their inter- because playing in bubbles one end, they are also likely feature of his bowling, espe- 1, two days after the team national home assign- for so long, two to three to fall at the other. The table cially away from home in begins their training camp ments. months, is going to be below shows the overall this latest phase of his career. in Chennai. The Royal The schedule continues very, very difficult going record of spells organised by In Australia, India, West Challengers will play their to be relentless post the forward," Kohli said at the the number of wickets that Indies and Sri Lanka - where initial set of matches, IPL, too, as India will enter post-match presentation. fell at the other end during the set field, the batsman is A third phase of his career runs. In the second phase of the conditions are not tradi- including the IPL tourna- a bubble soon after ahead "You can't expect everyone the spells. All told, three out unlikely to score freely. Test - perhaps the finest - began his career, bowling in a tionally conducive to ment opener on April 9 of their departure to to be at the same level of of four spells are bowled cricket is a contest of control after Graeme Swann retired strong all-round bowling Anderson's brand of medi- against defending champi- England in June for the mental strength. without a single wicket because it is the bowler's and that world No. 1 team attack that had both signifi- um-fast seam and swing ons Mumbai Indians, in World Test Championship "Sometimes you do get falling at the other end. Only accuracy that shapes possi- broke up. Anderson carried cant seam-bowling depth bowling - his last 14 Tests the city. final against New Zealand. cooked and you do feel a little over 6% of spells bilities. the English attack, along and quality spinners in have brought him 42 wickets It is understood that That would be followed by like a bit of a change. I am involve at least two wickets Consider the spells record with the mercurial Stuart Swann and Monty Panesar, at 23.7 apiece. That's only Kohli would need to a five-Test series in sure things will be dis- falling at the other end. for Anderson. This is pre- Broad. His wickets came Anderson could afford to be three wickets per Test, so undergo the mandatory England. India are then cussed and things will When wickets are falling at sented as a rolling record of cheap and when he was extremely attacking. He con- while the wickets have been week-long quarantine put scheduled to return home change in the future as the other end, bowlers do 150 chronologically consecu- bowling, England were at ceded about three runs per cheap, he has not been a sig- in place by the IPL as part to prepare for the T20 well. But a different tour- better than when they aren't. tive spells. The first graph their attacking best. The sup- over. When that team broke nificant wicket-taking threat. the guidelines to operate World Cup, to be played nament, it brings fresh The record is sufficiently below gives a comparison of port at the other end was up, the record suggests that But he has been extremely in the bio-secure environ- in October-November at challenges heading into large now to include the full Anderson's bowling average sporadic, though, and this Anderson changed his difficult to score off - 2.16 ment. On Monday, Kohli home. the IPL." careers of players like James over each 150-spell period meant that other than in approach and decided to runs per over. That kind of quit the bubble in Pune On Sunday, soon after Meanwhile, the pair of Anderson, Dale Steyn and R compared to the bowling England, the team's results become more defensive and control is a captain's dream. after India's ODI series winning the ODI series in Yuzvendra Chahal and Ashwin (but not those of average achieved at the were poor. They were ham- restrictive. In the fourth (and The spells record provides against England, which Pune, Kohli underlined Mohammed Siraj, who players like Glenn McGrath, other end during these 150 mered in Australia in 2013- currently ongoing) phase of further insight into these got over on Sunday. the need for administra- flew to Chennai from Pune Shane Warne and spells. The labels on the hor- 14 and 2017-18 and in India his great career, Anderson four phases of Anderson's Kohli has been part of tors to look at the schedul- on Monday afternoon, Harbhajan Singh).