Did pathan change his action a little bit?

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did anyone else notice that pathan was bowling with a little different action today…or may be it is only me…when i saw him bowling the first ball in today’s match ,i had a feeling that he was not bowling with his normal action…i think he was delivering the ball at a different angle (much less angular) which made him so average. His action was closer to nehra’s today whereas before he used to be a lot more angular which helped him to attain extra swing…

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Could be his injury,,, could just be that he has been exposed as a medium pacer and the Pakistanis got the genie outta there heads :)
I used to like him, but after his behaviour today I'm not so sure.

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yeah. the fame gets to your head i guess. not only was he the initiator of that situation, he was ever so cocky after bowling a maiden. im glad he got his comeuppance when butt and inzi sent him to the cleaners later.

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anyway. as far as why pathan didnt get wickets today, he didnt change his action, he was still swinging the ball which was his selling point anyway. what you're missing is that we were playing the swinging ball much better. salman butt and shoaib malik were moving across the crease to cover the swing.

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Re: Did pathan change his action a little bit?

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*Originally posted by phoenixdesi: *
did anyone else notice that pathan was bowling with a little different action today......or may be it is only me...when i saw him bowling the first ball in today's match ,i had a feeling that he was not bowling with his normal action...i think he was delivering the ball at a different angle (much less angular) which made him so average. His action was closer to nehra's today whereas before he used to be a lot more angular which helped him to attain extra swing.....
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i didn't notice it....but might have been true

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*Originally posted by elahi: *
Could be his injury,,, could just be that he has been exposed as a medium pacer and the Pakistanis got the genie outta there heads :)
I used to like him, but after his behaviour today I'm not so sure.
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yah could be...but i dont think so...b4 his action was somewhat similar to wasim..but now he might have decided to be different..thats i suppose he didn't get much success..

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all bowlers change their action, batsman change there style...its part of the game. Waqar younis changed so much.