81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast

What's the deal with T20 bowling?

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How much does bowling matter in T20s and how does one measure the potency of a bowler in this format? What are the measures of excellence for a T20 bowler? 

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Talking Points:

  • How does one describe a good T20 bowler?
  • Is it possible to separate actions and outcomes for T20 bowling? 
  • A format that offers the bowlers almost no leverage
  • What is the role of bowlers in a contest designed to be between bat and bat?
  • Does a great T20 bowler need any particular skills? 
  • The value of bowlers with unconventional actions
  • What Jasprit Bumrah does well in T20s
  • Why T20 bowlers can't be viewed in the same way as Test or ODI bowlers
  • Can we gauge bowling in T20s before hitting has reached its full potential?
  • The future of T20 bowling - and why some rule changes can bring bowlers into the game
  • The Harshal Patel problem for T20 bowlers
  • Are teams being inefficient when paying huge sums for bowlers?

    • Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Karthikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo

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    Related:

    • Hitting v Batting: the choice that dictates the shape of a T20 contest - 81allout podcast
    • Bowling doesn't really matter in T20 - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview
    • Ferociously fast and thrillingly direct: how Mayank went bang, bang, bang - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo
    • 'If you go searching for wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand' - Samuel Badree interview by Nagraj Gollapudi - The Cricket Monthly
    • ICC recommends ODI rule changes - Cricket Australia 
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