Glen McGrath is a bowling legend. He lost his wife to breast cancer and every year now at the Sydney test they honour her and all breast cancer patients with the pink test. Truly wonderful and sad story.
@@siryogiwan No! It's an Australian initiative only, we are great humanitarians! All the cricketers present, from whatever country we are playing, also donate to the cause including their cricket hats for auction!
It's a risk vs reward calculation. If a ball is in a zone where your risk is high and the reward is low, then it's better to leave it and wait for one that is more favourable for you. This is one of the many reasons that McGrath was great, because he was so accurate that batsmen rarely got an easy ball and had to take higher risks to score. In particular, he specialised in targetting the areas that put batsmen in two minds as to whether to play or not. The mental load in those cases is high, and hesitation or bad decisions can ensue in even the best batsmen. Seeing highlight reels doesn't do it justice because you miss the real game, which is a psychological war of attrition
McGrath and Warne (the spinner who you reacted to recently) are one of the greatest bowling combinations in the history of the sport. More than 1,200 test wickets between them and they were a big factor in Australia's dominance at the time. They hunted as a pair and every other team was a little bit terrified of them.
I loved watching them. Miss Watching them now onLive matches. At least we have UA-cam to watch their brilliant team efforts to get those pesky enemy batsmen Out.
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McGrath was a monster at consistency. His accuracy at the stumps and the steep bounce he could get with his height made him very hard to play against. He was never express pace though (128-130km/h mostly). I think he was able to extend his career by focusing on accuracy rather than speed.
In cricket, you can swing and miss all day without problem, as long as the ball isn't going to hit the stumps. Ducking under a ball that would normally bounce up at head height is quite a sensible move, particularly if you're not confident of hitting it. The 'no shot offered' part only refers to the LBW law. If the ball hits the batsman outside the line of off stump, it can only be given out if there is no real attempt to hit the ball. If the ball hits within the line of the stumps, it doesn't matter if the bat is anywhere near the ball. Glenn McGrath was well known for his control of line and length, to the point that he could bore a batsman out. If you face a dozen of the exact same ball, leaving them each time, you're going to be inclined to leave the next one that looks just the same as the rest. That's when he got one to come back in closer to the stumps, leaving you in deep trouble.
Yes, cricket is much more complicated than baseball. Americans often think that the batsman froze when they do not swing. There are a number of reasons why they might not swing. Perhaps the easiest explanation is that they believe the ball will miss the stumps. If that's the case, then you might ask "Well, if it's going to miss then why not swing? What have you got to lose?". The problem is that swinging, just for the sake of swinging, can result in the ball clipping the bat and hitting the stumps or going straight up in the air and being caught. So, only swing if you can play a good shot. Otherwise, leave the ball alone if you think it will miss the stumps. This is a simple explanation but covers the majority of cases.
basically Ryan doesn't understand there are a relatively unlimited number of balls compared to baseball, especially in a test match. There is no reason to swing at a shot that might get you out. haha if you're constantly comparing it to baseball in your head it's hard 😆
Ah yes. That setup of Sachin Tendulkar (widely regarded as one of the best batsman the game has seen) was something special. McGrath bowled a lot of bouncers on a certain length that Sachin just started ducking under, he was in no mood to try to hit them and risk getting out. So then once McGrath had trained Sachin to duck instinctively on that length, he bowls one that isn't going to bounce as much on that same length - Sachin thought he'd get under it comfortably but it ends up hitting him at bail height. One of my favourite McGrath moments of all time.
@@ryanreaction when ever you see a cricketer being interviewed you will notice that they remember every ball they bowled or every significant ball they hit, spectators are pretty much the same, watching a bowler is like watching a cat play with a mouse, aaah the nuances of cricket, we love it.
@@ryanreaction if you want to understand cricketing mastery....in particular batting.... Sachin Tandulkar is the absolute GOAT... and that's coming from an 80's Aussie kid that idolised Australian Cricket..... Tandulkar is magical to watch
Its the deviation off the pitch and the "swing" in the air that fools the batman into not offering a shot. From the batsman's POV, the ball is going to miss the wickets on the "off" side (right hand side of a right handed batsman), but the ball "comes back" off the pitch (or swings in the air) back towards the stumps. EDIT: To elaborate, if you're facing a bowler who is moving the ball either in the air ("swing") or off the pitch ("cut") to the off side, the principal danger is that you will offer a defensive shot, but the movement will cause the ball to hit the edge of your bat and fly up to be caught by one of the close in fielders (especially the wicket keeper or the "slips" who filed in a line next to the keeper). Not offering a shot to a ball that isn't going to hit the stumps is often the safest move against a bowler who is moving the ball a lot in this way. The problem is, if you do that, a really good bowler will find a way to make the ball cut inwards, towards the stumps, rather than away as you expect, and you'll either be bowled out (the ball will hit the wicket) or it will hit your body before it hits the stumps and you'll be out LBW. And, in an added level of tactical mind games, if the bowler demonstrates that he can do this, you're then caught in a dilemma: offer a shot and risk an edge, or don't offer a shot and risk the ball cutting back and bowling you or catching you LBW. What's the solution? Either be such a good batsman that you can pick what the ball is going to do, or keep advancing down then pitch in an effort to catch the ball on the full or on the half-volley so that any deviation off the pitch becomes irrelevant. This second approach can take near-suicidal courage against a very fast bowler (and against a slow blower, it risks being caught out of your crease and stumped by the keeper of you miss).
I think your questions like why didn’t he take a swing at the ball and did he try to duck under the ball are very valid. You are asking the right questions. Well done and keep watching cricket highlights.
The thing missing from this video is the setup work the bowler did with all the previous deliveries. Also spending the day on the grass bank next to the field is a vibe.
In cricket, a batter doesnt have to hit the ball. They make a decison on each ball thats bowled how they will play at it. Sometimes they choose to step forward and hit the ball, sometimes they hold the bat firm and block it into the ground. Sometimes they attempt to hit it and miss time it so the ball goes straight through to the wicket keeper. This goes on over after over (1over = 6x bowls). Watching wicket packages like this you unfortunelty dont get to appeciate the true genius of the bowler. Glenn was so consistent and it was such a joy to watch him set up a batter in an over. One ball is a little wide so the batter leaves it, next ball its bowled a touch wider and the batter leaves it again. Then Bang, the straighter ball which the batter again leaves and they are bowled. Consider too, these bowlers are getting the ball to move approx 130-145km/hr (80-90mph). Hence why its called Test cricket - 5 days of this is a real test of a sportsperson
Very different psychology compared to batting in baseball. Your time at the crease (at bat) is essentially unlimited in test cricket. So there is no need to swing at everything (when that will risk being caught out). Rather, a batsman plays carefully, only swinging when he is certain he can play an effective shot. After some time, the batsman will “have his eye in”, will be seeing the ball well, reading what the pitch is doing to the bounce and movement of the ball in flight and will be better able to play aggressive shots when given the opportunity. In a baseball at bat you have really no more than 5 pitches do make an effective hit and help your team. This isn’t an issue in cricket. Note:in short form cricket (ODI, t20) there will be scenarios where your team needs, say, 20 runs off 16 balls and you need to swing for the fences.
When a Right Handed Batter (RHB) is lining up for a delivery, the three stumps behind them (from left to right are) Off Stump (Offside of the field), Middle Stump, and Leg Side (The ONside of the field) - reverse for a LHB. The only means a batter has to defend their stumps is the bat. If they "Pad Up" by taking a stride forward to block their stumps using their leg pads, then they can be judged LBW (Leg Before Wicket). Also, some batters may choose to leave a ball if they think it's unplayable, however if they do so, there is the risk the ball will move after hitting the pitch and then strike the wicket which is pretty much what we saw here. Hope that helps.
Glenn McGrath also set up the McGrath Foundation charity to raise funds to fight breast cancer by providing specialist care nurses for women undergoing cancer treatment. He has helped raise tens of millions of dollars for his charity. A great cricketer and a great man
My 9yo starts cricket training next week - very excited to be a cricket mum! So far my older 3 boys have done soccer, tennis and AFL, I’m glad to have something different to watch!
My son was never interested 😭. I used to go to the Boxing Cay Test match with my beautiful Grandpa when I was 7, in the late 60’s and have always loved it. Such a disappointment. Plus he doesn’t like Bathurst, I do wonder sometimes if he’s actually mine 😂. Have fun, hubby used to play and I loved it every weekend!
The "Simulation" Hawk-Eye was used by the TV Studios first to see if the umpire had gotten the correct decisions, then it was refined to be more accurate it was adopted by the sport by giving teams review to help stop bad decisions. Now most professional matches have technology to help get decisions correct. Hawk-Eye was developed for use in cricket but now used in other sports like Tennis and Association Football.
I enjoyed watching cricket when my son started playing cricket in the late 1990s, which was when Australia dominated cricket. What a wonderful time to learn and watch cricket then, especially with Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Steve Waugh, Brett Lee, and other greats in the Australian team.
Glenn McGrath wasn't flashy or frightening as a bowler, but he was merciless and intimidating - he just put the ball exactly where he wanted it every single time, and the batters never had any room to breathe. His accuracy and consistency were like Steph Curry shooting from the 3-point line - he really was /that/ good. This meant a few things: - He could build up pressure on a batter and then get them out in a way that made them look incompetent, like the examples in this video. Like that guy trying to duck under and getting hit, Sachin Tendulkar: unquestionably one of the greatest batters in the history of the sport, and at that time probably the greatest batter in the world. But you wouldn't know that from watching this clip. - He could severely restrict the batters' ability to score runs, probably more so than any other bowler in the modern era. You wait for a loose ball to score off, and you just never get one. - He tended to "take half his wickets down the other end" - in other words, because he was so good, the batters tended to then play his partner's bowling more aggressively and then get dismissed. He had two bowling partners that I particularly remember: - Shane Warne (legendary leg-spinner) bowled with him quite a lot, and they worked very well together. With McGrath you mostly knew where the ball was going but couldn't do anything with it, and then with Warne you /had/ to try something but you never knew what the ball was going to do. And Warne and McGrath were both brilliant tactical bowlers, playing and winning a mental game against the batters. Devastating combination. - Brett Lee (world's fastest bowler at the time) also bowled with him quite a lot: "The Meteor and the Metronome" they were called. Lee was frankly terrifying, and batters were pretty much caught between a rock and a hard place when Lee and McGrath bowled together.
You need to remember that during a test cricket innings (which could span hours or in some cases even days) each batsman potentially faces A LOT of deliveries (bowls). And every single one has the potential to get you out, and ANY shot has an inherent risk factor. So 'learning to leave' is an essential skill. Why McGrath ended up being one of the very best was something you picked up on...accuracy. He had the skill to bowl the ball at the same speed, length and direction over and over until the batsmen was comfortable in knowing what was coming, then he would do something completely different without changing his bowling action much and BANG, you're gone bc you thought it was going to be yet another bowl just outside of off stump.
Glen McGrath was a surgical bowler. Could put a quarter coin on the pitch and he'd hit it over and over. @8:45 The batsman is trying to duck down because the delivery was very short which would make the batsman assume the ball will bounce very high (Typically towards the head as a scare tactic) but this pitch was very dull and the ball didn't bounce much at all. Every pitch is unique to that field and has traits and attributes that they become known for. Some are dry and hard making the ball move very fast and bounce higher. Others will offer more predictable bounce patterns making it easier for the batsman to score alot of runs. LBW rule basically says that if the ball impacts the batsmen while in line with the stumps (between wicket and wicket) OR if the batsman does not offer a shot LBW can be given even if the ball impacts the batsman (on the off side) while they're not in line with the stumps. (This is judged by the umpire from whether they think the ball will continue to hit the stumps if the batsman wasn't in the way).
Do yourself a favour Ryan and mark it in your diary, the boxing day test in Australia is the pinnacle of the year in Australian cricket... watch the first day and youll see the passion and history behind our great game. It'll be in the wee hours your time but you'll get a better understanding of it 👍
Ryan, Glenn McGrath (p. McGrar) is a fast bowler - they have a long run up before releasing the ball - where a spin bowler like Shane Warne doesn't. Glenn bowled at a speed of 145kph so a batsman has to have incredible sight and reaction time to read the ball and connect with it. Of course if a batsman gets that right the ball can go over the boundary fence for 4 runs but Glenn was an amazing fast bowler. When the batsman tried to duck the ball he misread it and thought it was a bouncer that would go over his head...wrong, ouch. Also there are umpires who can review decisions by slow motion video if there is doubt about the onground umpires decision. Hope that helps.
The umpires in international cricket come from countries that are not playing. Umpire Bucknor, a West Indian, was officiating in a NZ v Australia match.
Cool dude, Ryan. Yes, Leg before wicket. Now there's ball tracking they can tell if the batsman would have been out but Most of Glen's career it was down to the guy on the spot. McGrath's ability to bowl at the same point on the pitch is the key to his status of a legend. That was a great era for us.
Can we just acknowledge the legend Richie Benaud in the commentary box during some of those clips too. You're also right Ryan, Glenn is an all out Australian dude, if you want to see some impact he's made with his first wife check out some pink test interviews. Pink test (on day 3 of the test) the whole crowd are encouraged to wear pink for the McGrath foundation because his first wife died of breast cancer, it's really touching, and the crowds don't disappoint. ChatGPT wouldn't be able to answer all of the laws of life, if you rely on AI, god help you.
He was another freak just like Warne ,you could see what he was trying to do if you understood cricket ,how he would consistently bowl a perfect line and length,moving it in and away ,great patients and understanding when to bowl the delivery and the line and length with great accuracy
You're picking up the game very well, Ryan. It's not easy. It takes years of watching Test Cricket to understand the intricacies. My best advice would be watch a game with someone that knows the game. Good luck with that in Indiana 😂
Balls that zip past the batsman's body just wide of the stump are really hard to hit well, and can often result in the ball just clipping the bat and going to the wicket-keeper or the nearby "slips" fielders for a catch. So if the batsman thinks the ball is going to go through there and not hit the stumps, they might choose not to swing (to not "offer a shot"). This is perfectly legal and generally good play, but it requires the batsman to judge correctly where the ball is going. McGrath is swinging the ball though, turning it in the air, so that it changes direction and hits the stumps. At 4:40, the rule for not offering a shot relates to the lbw rule. It's probably the most complex rule in cricket. Not offering a shot changes one of the three criteria (you'll see those come up in the more modern lbw ball-tracking simulations). The batsman can only be out lbw if the ball hit the batsman on the leg in front of the wickets, but if the batsman doesn't play then that rule is ignored. Complicated and not really that important, but it was a technicality that the commentator's needed to mention to explain that wicket. (The other criteria are that the ball not bounce on the leg side, and that it goes through to hit the stumps). If you really want to know:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_before_wicket#:~:text=Playing%20no%20stroke,-In%20the%201950s&text=Under%20the%20re%2Dworded%20law,the%20ball%20with%20his%20bat%22.
Agreed 100%. Just adding to your point about McGrath swinging the ball to deceive the batter. Because he was so accurate, he could bowl a few deliveries in a row that did swing away in the exact same way every time, and then he'd bowl (what looked like) the exact same thing again but this time it'd swing in instead. There's just not a whole lot you can do about that, honestly.
The batsmen are leaving the ball because McGrath was bowling outswingers previously then switched up to inswingers. He was like a psychologist setting up expectations then changing the narrative.
It's helpful to understand that the bowler uses variation of bounce from the pitch (grass strip between stumps) to deceive the batsman. That's why a lot of these batsmen left the deliveries (bowls) or ducked but got hit... it was essentially because the ball didn't bounce as they predicted. Love your enthusiasm, Ryan.. im here all day to explain cricket to Americans who show am interest 😂
Love watching your excitement about Australia with your reaction videos. McGrath is pronounced MuhGrah. He retired from test cricket in 2006. He's most well know nowadays, not only for his fantastic career in cricket, but for his creation of the McGrath Foundation to support women with breast cancer, as his wife died in 2008. Each year, on the third day of the first test, they have Jane McGrath Day, in honour of his wife, where everyone wears pink, and they raise money for his foundation.
McGrath was not a big swinger of the ball, but he was able to get a lot of movement off the pitch. His main strength though was his accuracy. He could put the ball in almost exactly the same spot every single ball.
A lot of the time the reason the batsman doesn't attempt to hit the ball is because the previous few balls where swinging the other way, so the batsman is assuming the one they "leave" will do the same.
There’s two sides in cricket off side (the bat side) and the on side (where the legs are) also called leg side depending where the ball is pitched as in hits the ground and where it’s perceived trajectory is this determines if LBW (leg before wicket) is given out. Also if no shot is offered as in no swing this also determines the LBW. If no shot is offered the benefit of the doubt goes to the bowler. If a shot is offered as in the batter swings then the benefit goes to the batter.
4:30 The "Leg Before Wicket" rule explained (including "offering a shot") In an LBW decision, the first question an umpire asks to him/herself is "where did the ball pitch? There are 3 possible answers: Inline - that's the imaginary rectangle down the middle of the pitch that is the width of the wicket. The only thing that matters here is whether the ball would have hit the wicket or not. Outside Off - this means the ball landed outside of "inline", on the side of the bat. If you "offer a shot" (ie. attempt to genuinely play a stroke) then you cannot get out LBW, even if the ball would have gone on to hit the wicket. Outside leg - this means the ball lands outside of "inline" on the leg side (opposite side to the bat). You CANNOT get out LBW in this case, no matter what other factors apply. 5:20 Umpire Bucknor was legendary for taking an ETERNITY to make a decision. It was just his "thing". He was still one of the most respected umpires in the game, and got a "guard of honour" for his final test match before retiring (all the players lined up before he walked onto the field). 8:03 Oh man, that was one of the most contentiious decisions in cricket history, and almost caused an international diplomatic incident. The batter was Sachin Tendulkar, basically India's version of Michael Jordan combined with Mr Rogers and the Dalai Lama. Tendulkar was the ONLY batter in history to be invited to have lunch with Sir Donald Bradman, for Bradman's 80th birthday (Tendulkar flew to Australia just to attend that lunch). 9:17 This is a "full toss", which is a legal delivery as long as it meets the rules.. The ball must reach the batter below hip height, else it will be ruled a "No ball" (automatic 1 free run, ball must be bowled again).
i love when you react to cricket - it's brilliant. 2 more greats from the same era: Brett Lee - his wicket celebrations are awesome; and he bowls FAST. And Adam Gilchrist - just a legend!
I liked the Australian story about him when his second wife who was English and had no idea who he was ,when dating thought when people went ooooh aaah to him they were just his friends
Could drop 59 consecutive deliveries on the same 6 inch patch of dirt, then make one go the other way, to get an edge behind or rattle the stumps, every time (well, most every time). Unbelievably consistent 🎯🎯🎯☝️
The best pairing was Lillie and Thompson, Lillie in mid to high 90s and thommo at or over 100mph. They convinced Tony Grieg to wear a helmet. Great to watch.
Let me explain a couple of things to you Ryan. Firstly McGrath the TH is said as rrr like Glen McGrarr. About a third of the way through you said why didn't he (the batsman) play at it, I don't understand. Because the natural line of the ball the batsman expects from a right arm bowler bowling over the wicket is for the ball to slant across from leg side to off side towards the slips (slip fielders next to the wicket keeper. But great bowlers like Glen McGrath have the ability to bring the ball back the other way, or we sometimes say it straightens up towards the stumps (wickets). If the batsman does or does not play a shot and it hits the pads without hitting the bat first and the umpire deems it would have hit the stumps, then the umpire can give the batsman out LBW, leg before wicket. It's one of the most difficult rules to understand in our game. Hope this helps.
this commentary is quite funny, albeit it is certainly appreciated you trying to understand the nuances of the game. You are doing an excellent job in understanding - better than most that have not been brought up with the game. Chatgpt did a reasonable job to explain the reasons for leaving the ball (not offering a shot). If you were to watch more sample sizes you would see that batters get in trouble a lot more by swinging at the ball than by not swinging at it unnecessarily. You ask the question throughout your commentary - "why didn't he swing at it?". It should give you some comfort to know that every batter you saw walking off the field was asking themselves that same question!
Ryan these are all Test matches! You should watch some T20 cricket, those are fast and furious! There are far more defensive shots, spectacular catches, crazy runs, big sixes and misses under extreme time duress! Every ball counts and if you don't ground the ball or beat the field your team lose the match - no shot is not an option! 😫 If possible, watch Glenn Maxwell's incredible 200 runs in India! 💥
His nic name is pigeon. The thing that made batting against glenn more difficult is when he bowls he is almost directly infront of the wickets at the other end compared to other bowlers. If you watch his delivery closely he places his right foot inline with the stumps that are next to him and his left foot follows. Most bowlers are alot wider of the stumps
I really love it that you've been 'bitten by the cricket bug'. Cricket is my favourite sport. If you enjoy the batting as well as the bowling, please look up South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis (referred to as King Kallis by fans around the world). A slow start to his career meant folks thought of him as mediocre, but he proved them wrong in style! Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and as one of the greatest all-rounders ever to play the game, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. Now he is a cricket coach.
Hi Ryan, it's funny you mention the birds in the shots. Test matches in Cricket go on so long that there's not always that much happening in the game, but sometimes birds do get hit by the cricket ball. I remember one game I was watching as a kid when a bird was hit, and the TV cameras followed the story of the bird getting treated for its injuries and finally being released to fly off. The crowd at the grounds cheered as they showed the live coverage on the big screens at the time it was set free. I'm not saying that test cricket is boring, just that watching one random seagull or whatever bird it was getting treated by a Vet, was objectively more interesting on that day. haha ;)
You definitely have to check out McGraths 50. He was known as a "bunny" as a batsman (0 was not an uncommon score), but for one magnificent innings, he looked like a true batsman.
"That was out," will always mean that the batsman is out. If he was suggesting that the ball was pitching outside the line he would say something more comprehensive. If you attempt to hit the ball then you can only be out if the ball is inside the specified range. If you don't swing that range is broader.
A “Yorker” is a legitimate bowl. It’s aimed to strike the ground either just before or just after the stumps, hopefully taking out a stump or two before it reaches the keeper.
Not quite true.....a YORKER is when the ball goes under the bottom of the bat, or the batsman is fast enough to jam the toe of the bat down onto the ball. Bowlers can only pitch the ball up, generally aiming for the block hole ( where the batsman taps the bat on the ground when waiting for the ball ). It is always the batsman who creates the YORKER. If a bowler pitches the ball perfectly into the blockhole, then the batsman only has to leave the bat on the ground to hit it. If the batsman wants to hit it harder, then transferring his weight onto the front foot gives him an easy fulltoss to hit. Weight onto the back foot gives an easy half volley.....should be 4 runs almost every time.
Hi Ryan, im from Australia and would love to see you react to netball!! Its a sport played around the world but very popular here in Australia, and I dont think America has a professional team but I could be wrong! Netball is a fast paced team sport played between two teams of seven players on a rectangular court divided into thirds. The main objective is to score by shooting a ball through a 10-foot-high hoop. Each player has specific roles defined by their position, which restricts their movement within certain areas of the court. Positions: Goal Shooter (GS): Role: Primarily responsible for scoring goals. Restrictions: Can only enter the shooting circle to shoot. Goal Attack (GA): Role: Assists in scoring and can shoot from the shooting circle. Restrictions: Can enter the shooting circle but also plays outside of it to support the attack. Wing Attack (WA): Role: Provides support to the attacking players and feeds the ball into the shooting circle. Restrictions: Cannot enter the shooting circle and must stay within the attacking third. Center (C): Role: Links both defense and attack, starting play from the center circle. Restrictions: Can move anywhere on the court except the shooting circles. Wing Defense (WD): Role: Defends against the Wing Attack and disrupts the opposition's flow. Restrictions: Cannot enter the shooting circle and must remain within the defensive third. Goal Defense (GD): Role: Defends against the Goal Attack and helps protect the shooting circle. Restrictions: Can enter the shooting circle to defend but cannot shoot. Goal Keeper (GK): Role: Primarily responsible for defending against the Goal Shooter and preventing goals. Restrictions: Can only defend in the shooting circle and cannot shoot. Key Rules: Footwork: Players must establish a pivot foot upon catching the ball. They cannot take more than one step while holding the ball. Passing: Players can only pass the ball; dribbling is not allowed. Shooting: Only the GS and GA can shoot from inside the shooting circle. Defense: Players can contest the ball but cannot make physical contact or impede movement. Obstruction: Defenders must stay at least three feet away when an opponent is shooting. Interchange: Players can be substituted or rotated in certain competitions. Netball is structured to promote teamwork and strategic play, with each position integral to both offensive and defensive strategies. I copy and pasted this from ChatGPT because I wanted to make sure i had as much information as possible, but basically that's all about netball and I've added a video link to Australia Diamonds team highlights you can watch and kind of just see how it works! .ua-cam.com/video/iIWbW3GFcWI/v-deo.htmlsi=HKSVTwUixFDOwnWl
I played from age 7 to age 21 centre my favourite..Goal shooter...wing attack..and teaching...Then on to horses..training naughty ones and teaching people ages 8 60's when I was 14
Getting dismissed from cricket match as a batter is also known as “being Out” or “getting Out”. Same as you, you refer to a baseball batter getting struck out. You can be also run out, caught out.
I think Tendulkar’s LBW when he ducked into it and it hit him on the upper arm was late on the 4th day at Adelaide. He was ducking as a defensive move and expecting more bounce but the ageing pitch fooled him.
I on ex went to see Australia v West Indies and McGrath was fielding next to the boundary and he threw the ball into the middle and I remember his hand only moved about 2 inches but the ball flew like a rocket from his hand. I was amazed. His bowling was quite the sight to behold!
Some explanation: A good bowler can control even minor aerodynamic variations in the travel of the ball (called swinging the ball) or affect the way the ball deviates left or right when it bounces (called seaming the ball) McGrath was the best of the best with controlling the line and length (direction and amount of bounce) of the ball. A good bowler can set up a batsman by showing the ball doing certain things, then make the ball go reverse. The batsman will be tricked into playing a false shot or miss entirely. Leaving the ball is important because the condition of the ball wears down very quickly, when the ball is new a bowler can get more swing and seam, thus making life more difficult for the Batsman. Playing shots, even cautiously is very dangerous when the ball is new. It's easy for the bowler to get the upper hand. Remember cricket is played for 8hrs for 5 days straight sometimes in 40 degrees C over 110F Sometimes bowlers will bowl for hours at a time per day. Fatiguing the bowler is a tactic unto itself. Batsmen will often go on the attack when the ball is old and worn out. Balls are used all day and by the end of the day look like they have been chewed up by a dog. This helps the batsmen a lot and is hard for the bowlers. For the LBW decision, the Umpire is much harsher on the batsman if they dont offer a shot. IE swing the bat. The batsman will leave the ball if they think it's missing the wickets but is not a ball that can be easily hit for runs. McGrath's secret was to have the ball dart back in towards the stumps after bouncing. The full toss delivery is a legal bowl but is considered poor bowling. Usually basman will easily hit these stray balls for runs. The slow sudden drop type ball confuses the bastman into taking evasive action but because its delivered slower it drops suddenly and can hit the stumps or get an LBW. If the umpire considers the full toss dangerous they can call a no ball and award penalty runs.
Ryan, mate...They are "birbs", and they are seagulls. Love your channel mate. If you ever come to Queensland, would love to take you out to the Barrier Reef fishiing, diving, snorkelling etc!
LBW (leg before wicket) rules are complicated. If the batsman plays a shot but the ball misses the bat and hits his leg, then he can be given out LBW by the umpire on certain conditions. 1. the ball can't be pitching outside leg stump (that requires it's own explanation😀), 2. the ball must hit his leg in line with the stumps, 3. the umpire thinks the ball will go on to hit the stumps. This video is about the special case where the batsmen does not offer a shot - in this case the ball can be outside off stump and the umpire thinks that the ball will come back in towards the batsman and hit the stumps. Phew - it's hard to describe cricket without using the jargon - I definitely failed on that one.
He may not have the show of s Super fast bowler, or a dramic direction of direction from a spinner, but his accuracy and no nonsense approach to bowling was wonderful to watch. My father always says "just bowl at the stumps" and for Pidgeon, a lot of the time it was just that simple.
You should pronounce it Glen M'Graaa ( as phonetic). The complexities of bowling are great, but one thing missed in this collection is the build-up to the wicket ball. You questioned why the batter didn't offer a shot ... McGrath could have played 5 balls which would swing, then the last ball of the over could be "down the line". It is as much a mental game as physical.
Added trivia. The wicket-keeper in these (when I could see him) was Adam Gilchrist, who is well worth a video. He was Australia’s most successful wicket-keeper with 416 dismissals. He was actually booed on his debt because the previous keeper, Ian Healy, was so popular. Gilly got the last laugh, though. Legend!
It was moreso that Cricket Australia didn't let Healy bow out on his home ground The Gabba so the Brisbane crowd wasn't too happy. It was clear that Gilly was the future, but they really could've handled that better IMO.
5:12 - yes THAT IS contorversial, in fact the particular clip is back from probably early 2000s, the time when the tech on LBWs were often unreliable and didnt have accuracy, so couldnt be depended upon. To top all this, the umpire in the clip is arguably the most talked about umpire in the games history, infamous for often giving controversial decisions on ground. No player wanted to come in bad books of this guy 😂 and the decision he gave in the clip is clearly wrong
Ooh, Ahh, Glen McGrath! Although he lacked the genuine pace of some fast bowlers he's still regarded as the greatest seam bowler of all time (look up seam bowling). You should check out a video where Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie were both going after the ball and Waugh's nose hit Gillespie's leg breaking it. And yes, Waugh's nose was broken as well. I remember watching it live on TV.... Not pretty.
Check out another Australian bowler, Mitchell Johnson. Take a look at all of his wickets during the 2013-2014 Ashes series against England. Some really fast and nasty stuff. The English players were terrified. It is easy to see why.
well yeah the 'benefit to not swinging' is that you have to hit the ball with the bat to be caught out. in a test match you don't have limited overs to make your runs (like a one dayer or a 20/20), so you can turtle there at the crease and just block and pad everything away until conditions go in your favour. A bowler like McGrath in these clips can punish a batsman that is playing extremely defensively and it requires a lot of skill and technique to do so.
Othert teams didn't have much of a chance when they had to face Shane Warne partnering Glenn McGrath form both ends of the pitch. Spin from one end, speed from the other from the best in the game.
The reason they don't swing at it is because they can't see it, or at least can't judge the trajectory. In baseball the ball has to be thrown through a 3ft x 2 ft 'window'. In cricket the target is 4ft by 2ft, but the ball's path can be direct from bowlers hand to stumps, or it can bounce anywhere on the pitch. Also in baseball the pitcher is standing still, compared to a convoluted run up. I think ball speeds are similar, with cricket ranging from around the 120-140kmh - 75-85mph for spin bowlers, and the fast bowlers are around 150-165kmh - 90-100mph. Some fast bowlers put a bit of spin on the ball as well, especially if they are varying the speed to keep the batsman guessing. Don't forget the compactness of the pitch, the amount of grass shoots, the moisture content, and how the pitch cracks and deteriorates through the course of the game. Oh and the ball, gets rougher as well, adding to the difficulty for the batsman, but also adding to the traction on the bat, and distance and accuracy they can hit it, if they can hit it.
McGrath great strength was his accuracy and consistency. He would bowl 5,6,10 deliveries in the same spot that the batsman could leave………and then 1 that he couldn’t……thus these images of batsmen inconceivably leaving balls that hit the stumps or their pads.
Hello there Ryan, in cricket if u pad up with out offering a shot. U are more re likely to be given out LB, than if u play at the ball. They started this to prevent batsman from just throwing the pad out at any ball, that might prove hard to play. Without losing their wicket...😂😂😂.
The first two wickets were totally different. One time he was bowling from the right-hand side of the wicket and the second time it was on the left-hand side.
The ball moves, these batsmen are good enough to see it, the pigeon was the master of getting it to zip off the seam, just a bit. He was tall, so it would lift sharp and jag back in after he'd been bowling them away for a few balls prior. If you dont offer a shot, and you put your leg innthebway, youre more often than not out. The ball is hard as hell.
Glen McGrath is a bowling legend. He lost his wife to breast cancer and every year now at the Sydney test they honour her and all breast cancer patients with the pink test. Truly wonderful and sad story.
And raise money for extra nurses for breast cancer patients.
@@Bellas1717Specialist, on call nurses!
And they had 2 young children when she died. Glen was playing cricket at the time.
if I'm not mistaken it's done in other countries too, but might be confusing the code of cricket with countries
@@siryogiwan No! It's an Australian initiative only, we are great humanitarians! All the cricketers present, from whatever country we are playing, also donate to the cause including their cricket hats for auction!
It's a risk vs reward calculation. If a ball is in a zone where your risk is high and the reward is low, then it's better to leave it and wait for one that is more favourable for you. This is one of the many reasons that McGrath was great, because he was so accurate that batsmen rarely got an easy ball and had to take higher risks to score. In particular, he specialised in targetting the areas that put batsmen in two minds as to whether to play or not. The mental load in those cases is high, and hesitation or bad decisions can ensue in even the best batsmen. Seeing highlight reels doesn't do it justice because you miss the real game, which is a psychological war of attrition
McGrath and Warne (the spinner who you reacted to recently) are one of the greatest bowling combinations in the history of the sport. More than 1,200 test wickets between them and they were a big factor in Australia's dominance at the time. They hunted as a pair and every other team was a little bit terrified of them.
I loved watching them. Miss Watching them now onLive matches. At least we have UA-cam to watch their brilliant team efforts to get those pesky enemy batsmen Out.
Well said mate. McGrath and Warney were a lethal combination.
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McGrath was a monster at consistency. His accuracy at the stumps and the steep bounce he could get with his height made him very hard to play against. He was never express pace though (128-130km/h mostly). I think he was able to extend his career by focusing on accuracy rather than speed.
In cricket, you can swing and miss all day without problem, as long as the ball isn't going to hit the stumps. Ducking under a ball that would normally bounce up at head height is quite a sensible move, particularly if you're not confident of hitting it.
The 'no shot offered' part only refers to the LBW law. If the ball hits the batsman outside the line of off stump, it can only be given out if there is no real attempt to hit the ball. If the ball hits within the line of the stumps, it doesn't matter if the bat is anywhere near the ball.
Glenn McGrath was well known for his control of line and length, to the point that he could bore a batsman out. If you face a dozen of the exact same ball, leaving them each time, you're going to be inclined to leave the next one that looks just the same as the rest. That's when he got one to come back in closer to the stumps, leaving you in deep trouble.
Oo ah Glenn McGrath, oo ah Glenn McGrath! What a great bowler, great representative of Australia & Cricket, and a great guy! 💕
lol you beat me to it… oo ah…..😂😂😂
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I still say the same, so today’s video is allowing me to bring that back. Luv it.
Should we tell him that it actually prounced 'McGrah' so the chant makes more sense? 😂
@@janemcdonald5372 Nah, too much information at one time is never useful here! 😁
He was one of my customers.
One of the nicest guy I’ve met.
So down to earth, and always happy to have a chat.
Yes, cricket is much more complicated than baseball. Americans often think that the batsman froze when they do not swing. There are a number of reasons why they might not swing. Perhaps the easiest explanation is that they believe the ball will miss the stumps. If that's the case, then you might ask "Well, if it's going to miss then why not swing? What have you got to lose?". The problem is that swinging, just for the sake of swinging, can result in the ball clipping the bat and hitting the stumps or going straight up in the air and being caught. So, only swing if you can play a good shot. Otherwise, leave the ball alone if you think it will miss the stumps. This is a simple explanation but covers the majority of cases.
"Would a batter in baseball swing if the pitch is outside the strike zone?" -me, 1998
Thats a good explanation!
basically Ryan doesn't understand there are a relatively unlimited number of balls compared to baseball, especially in a test match. There is no reason to swing at a shot that might get you out. haha if you're constantly comparing it to baseball in your head it's hard 😆
Well said, Dazza
"Oooh Ahh Glen Mcgrath." And you are a natural sports guy obviously - you called a heap of decisions correctly & understood play. Well done.
Ah yes. That setup of Sachin Tendulkar (widely regarded as one of the best batsman the game has seen) was something special. McGrath bowled a lot of bouncers on a certain length that Sachin just started ducking under, he was in no mood to try to hit them and risk getting out. So then once McGrath had trained Sachin to duck instinctively on that length, he bowls one that isn't going to bounce as much on that same length - Sachin thought he'd get under it comfortably but it ends up hitting him at bail height. One of my favourite McGrath moments of all time.
Same here,mate. Brilliant ball from Glen. He and Shane Warne certainly combined many times to terrorise the Batsmen.
For when Ryan reads this.. a "bouncer" is a ball that crosses the height of the shoulders.
wow that explains it thanks!
@@ryanreaction when ever you see a cricketer being interviewed you will notice that they remember every ball they bowled or every significant ball they hit, spectators are pretty much the same, watching a bowler is like watching a cat play with a mouse, aaah the nuances of cricket, we love it.
@@ryanreaction if you want to understand cricketing mastery....in particular batting.... Sachin Tandulkar is the absolute GOAT... and that's coming from an 80's Aussie kid that idolised Australian Cricket..... Tandulkar is magical to watch
Its the deviation off the pitch and the "swing" in the air that fools the batman into not offering a shot. From the batsman's POV, the ball is going to miss the wickets on the "off" side (right hand side of a right handed batsman), but the ball "comes back" off the pitch (or swings in the air) back towards the stumps.
EDIT: To elaborate, if you're facing a bowler who is moving the ball either in the air ("swing") or off the pitch ("cut") to the off side, the principal danger is that you will offer a defensive shot, but the movement will cause the ball to hit the edge of your bat and fly up to be caught by one of the close in fielders (especially the wicket keeper or the "slips" who filed in a line next to the keeper). Not offering a shot to a ball that isn't going to hit the stumps is often the safest move against a bowler who is moving the ball a lot in this way. The problem is, if you do that, a really good bowler will find a way to make the ball cut inwards, towards the stumps, rather than away as you expect, and you'll either be bowled out (the ball will hit the wicket) or it will hit your body before it hits the stumps and you'll be out LBW. And, in an added level of tactical mind games, if the bowler demonstrates that he can do this, you're then caught in a dilemma: offer a shot and risk an edge, or don't offer a shot and risk the ball cutting back and bowling you or catching you LBW.
What's the solution? Either be such a good batsman that you can pick what the ball is going to do, or keep advancing down then pitch in an effort to catch the ball on the full or on the half-volley so that any deviation off the pitch becomes irrelevant. This second approach can take near-suicidal courage against a very fast bowler (and against a slow blower, it risks being caught out of your crease and stumped by the keeper of you miss).
You're doing a great job trying to understand
I think your questions like why didn’t he take a swing at the ball and did he try to duck under the ball are very valid. You are asking the right questions. Well done and keep watching cricket highlights.
Asking questions is how you learn.
Then play & you’ll cement what you’ve learned.
Watching live is good, too, the atmosphere is electric, I hear. (I’m not likely to get to a game.)
I'm proud of you doing your research and knowing what an LBW is.
Ryan you are learning a lot about Australia. Good on you Mate. You are doing well 😊
He still says cookies after how many months now 😂 WRocker didnt after the first 🤷♂️ Ryan's still a good Kent though and watch him everyday..
I like that your constantly smiling while watching this Ryan 😂
The thing missing from this video is the setup work the bowler did with all the previous deliveries. Also spending the day on the grass bank next to the field is a vibe.
@@isteufar4461 Yes, The Hill at Sydney Cricket Ground, a great atmosphere! 👍
In cricket, a batter doesnt have to hit the ball. They make a decison on each ball thats bowled how they will play at it. Sometimes they choose to step forward and hit the ball, sometimes they hold the bat firm and block it into the ground. Sometimes they attempt to hit it and miss time it so the ball goes straight through to the wicket keeper. This goes on over after over (1over = 6x bowls). Watching wicket packages like this you unfortunelty dont get to appeciate the true genius of the bowler. Glenn was so consistent and it was such a joy to watch him set up a batter in an over. One ball is a little wide so the batter leaves it, next ball its bowled a touch wider and the batter leaves it again. Then Bang, the straighter ball which the batter again leaves and they are bowled. Consider too, these bowlers are getting the ball to move approx 130-145km/hr (80-90mph). Hence why its called Test cricket - 5 days of this is a real test of a sportsperson
Very different psychology compared to batting in baseball.
Your time at the crease (at bat) is essentially unlimited in test cricket. So there is no need to swing at everything (when that will risk being caught out). Rather, a batsman plays carefully, only swinging when he is certain he can play an effective shot.
After some time, the batsman will “have his eye in”, will be seeing the ball well, reading what the pitch is doing to the bounce and movement of the ball in flight and will be better able to play aggressive shots when given the opportunity.
In a baseball at bat you have really no more than 5 pitches do make an effective hit and help your team. This isn’t an issue in cricket.
Note:in short form cricket (ODI, t20) there will be scenarios where your team needs, say, 20 runs off 16 balls and you need to swing for the fences.
When a Right Handed Batter (RHB) is lining up for a delivery, the three stumps behind them (from left to right are) Off Stump (Offside of the field), Middle Stump, and Leg Side (The ONside of the field) - reverse for a LHB.
The only means a batter has to defend their stumps is the bat. If they "Pad Up" by taking a stride forward to block their stumps using their leg pads, then they can be judged LBW (Leg Before Wicket). Also, some batters may choose to leave a ball if they think it's unplayable, however if they do so, there is the risk the ball will move after hitting the pitch and then strike the wicket which is pretty much what we saw here.
Hope that helps.
Glenn McGrath also set up the McGrath Foundation charity to raise funds to fight breast cancer by providing specialist care nurses for women undergoing cancer treatment. He has helped raise tens of millions of dollars for his charity. A great cricketer and a great man
My 9yo starts cricket training next week - very excited to be a cricket mum! So far my older 3 boys have done soccer, tennis and AFL, I’m glad to have something different to watch!
My son was never interested 😭. I used to go to the Boxing Cay Test match with my beautiful Grandpa when I was 7, in the late 60’s and have always loved it. Such a disappointment. Plus he doesn’t like Bathurst, I do wonder sometimes if he’s actually mine 😂. Have fun, hubby used to play and I loved it every weekend!
The "Simulation" Hawk-Eye was used by the TV Studios first to see if the umpire had gotten the correct decisions, then it was refined to be more accurate it was adopted by the sport by giving teams review to help stop bad decisions. Now most professional matches have technology to help get decisions correct.
Hawk-Eye was developed for use in cricket but now used in other sports like Tennis and Association Football.
I enjoyed watching cricket when my son started playing cricket in the late 1990s, which was when Australia dominated cricket. What a wonderful time to learn and watch cricket then, especially with Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Steve Waugh, Brett Lee, and other greats in the Australian team.
@@ST-co7yt Ricky Ponting! 🙋
Glen McGrath lived around the corner from us when we lived in the Sutherland Shire. Lovely family.
Glenn McGrath wasn't flashy or frightening as a bowler, but he was merciless and intimidating - he just put the ball exactly where he wanted it every single time, and the batters never had any room to breathe. His accuracy and consistency were like Steph Curry shooting from the 3-point line - he really was /that/ good.
This meant a few things:
- He could build up pressure on a batter and then get them out in a way that made them look incompetent, like the examples in this video. Like that guy trying to duck under and getting hit, Sachin Tendulkar: unquestionably one of the greatest batters in the history of the sport, and at that time probably the greatest batter in the world. But you wouldn't know that from watching this clip.
- He could severely restrict the batters' ability to score runs, probably more so than any other bowler in the modern era. You wait for a loose ball to score off, and you just never get one.
- He tended to "take half his wickets down the other end" - in other words, because he was so good, the batters tended to then play his partner's bowling more aggressively and then get dismissed.
He had two bowling partners that I particularly remember:
- Shane Warne (legendary leg-spinner) bowled with him quite a lot, and they worked very well together. With McGrath you mostly knew where the ball was going but couldn't do anything with it, and then with Warne you /had/ to try something but you never knew what the ball was going to do. And Warne and McGrath were both brilliant tactical bowlers, playing and winning a mental game against the batters. Devastating combination.
- Brett Lee (world's fastest bowler at the time) also bowled with him quite a lot: "The Meteor and the Metronome" they were called. Lee was frankly terrifying, and batters were pretty much caught between a rock and a hard place when Lee and McGrath bowled together.
You need to remember that during a test cricket innings (which could span hours or in some cases even days) each batsman potentially faces A LOT of deliveries (bowls). And every single one has the potential to get you out, and ANY shot has an inherent risk factor. So 'learning to leave' is an essential skill. Why McGrath ended up being one of the very best was something you picked up on...accuracy. He had the skill to bowl the ball at the same speed, length and direction over and over until the batsmen was comfortable in knowing what was coming, then he would do something completely different without changing his bowling action much and BANG, you're gone bc you thought it was going to be yet another bowl just outside of off stump.
The grass area is called the Hill, best place to watch live cricket.
Glen McGrath was a surgical bowler. Could put a quarter coin on the pitch and he'd hit it over and over. @8:45 The batsman is trying to duck down because the delivery was very short which would make the batsman assume the ball will bounce very high (Typically towards the head as a scare tactic) but this pitch was very dull and the ball didn't bounce much at all. Every pitch is unique to that field and has traits and attributes that they become known for. Some are dry and hard making the ball move very fast and bounce higher. Others will offer more predictable bounce patterns making it easier for the batsman to score alot of runs.
LBW rule basically says that if the ball impacts the batsmen while in line with the stumps (between wicket and wicket) OR if the batsman does not offer a shot LBW can be given even if the ball impacts the batsman (on the off side) while they're not in line with the stumps. (This is judged by the umpire from whether they think the ball will continue to hit the stumps if the batsman wasn't in the way).
Your knowledge on cricket is getting good. Glen is a cricket legend.
Do yourself a favour Ryan and mark it in your diary, the boxing day test in Australia is the pinnacle of the year in Australian cricket... watch the first day and youll see the passion and history behind our great game. It'll be in the wee hours your time but you'll get a better understanding of it 👍
Ryan, Glenn McGrath (p. McGrar) is a fast bowler - they have a long run up before releasing the ball - where a spin bowler like Shane Warne doesn't. Glenn bowled at a speed of 145kph so a batsman has to have incredible sight and reaction time to read the ball and connect with it. Of course if a batsman gets that right the ball can go over the boundary fence for 4 runs but Glenn was an amazing fast bowler. When the batsman tried to duck the ball he misread it and thought it was a bouncer that would go over his head...wrong, ouch. Also there are umpires who can review decisions by slow motion video if there is doubt about the onground umpires decision. Hope that helps.
You are also listening to two of the best players / commentators in Richie Benaud and Bill Lawrie.
The umpires in international cricket come from countries that are not playing. Umpire Bucknor, a West Indian, was officiating in a NZ v Australia match.
Jeff Thompson was a bowling beast.
Cool dude, Ryan.
Yes, Leg before wicket.
Now there's ball tracking they can tell if the batsman would have been out but Most of Glen's career it was down to the guy on the spot. McGrath's ability to bowl at the same point on the pitch is the key to his status of a legend. That was a great era for us.
Ryan, you gotta watch Dennis Lillee highlights
Can we just acknowledge the legend Richie Benaud in the commentary box during some of those clips too. You're also right Ryan, Glenn is an all out Australian dude, if you want to see some impact he's made with his first wife check out some pink test interviews. Pink test (on day 3 of the test) the whole crowd are encouraged to wear pink for the McGrath foundation because his first wife died of breast cancer, it's really touching, and the crowds don't disappoint. ChatGPT wouldn't be able to answer all of the laws of life, if you rely on AI, god help you.
2 for 22. Marvellous effort that. RIP Richie.
haha, Ryan will have to level up before he can take on the twelfth mam
He was another freak just like Warne ,you could see what he was trying to do if you understood cricket ,how he would consistently bowl a perfect line and length,moving it in and away ,great patients and understanding when to bowl the delivery and the line and length with great accuracy
You're picking up the game very well, Ryan. It's not easy. It takes years of watching Test Cricket to understand the intricacies. My best advice would be watch a game with someone that knows the game. Good luck with that in Indiana 😂
Summer in Australia means the beach or creeks, BBQs (all year round) holidays from work and school, a mixed up television programme and cricket ❤😊
Balls that zip past the batsman's body just wide of the stump are really hard to hit well, and can often result in the ball just clipping the bat and going to the wicket-keeper or the nearby "slips" fielders for a catch. So if the batsman thinks the ball is going to go through there and not hit the stumps, they might choose not to swing (to not "offer a shot"). This is perfectly legal and generally good play, but it requires the batsman to judge correctly where the ball is going. McGrath is swinging the ball though, turning it in the air, so that it changes direction and hits the stumps.
At 4:40, the rule for not offering a shot relates to the lbw rule. It's probably the most complex rule in cricket. Not offering a shot changes one of the three criteria (you'll see those come up in the more modern lbw ball-tracking simulations). The batsman can only be out lbw if the ball hit the batsman on the leg in front of the wickets, but if the batsman doesn't play then that rule is ignored. Complicated and not really that important, but it was a technicality that the commentator's needed to mention to explain that wicket. (The other criteria are that the ball not bounce on the leg side, and that it goes through to hit the stumps).
If you really want to know:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_before_wicket#:~:text=Playing%20no%20stroke,-In%20the%201950s&text=Under%20the%20re%2Dworded%20law,the%20ball%20with%20his%20bat%22.
Agreed 100%.
Just adding to your point about McGrath swinging the ball to deceive the batter. Because he was so accurate, he could bowl a few deliveries in a row that did swing away in the exact same way every time, and then he'd bowl (what looked like) the exact same thing again but this time it'd swing in instead. There's just not a whole lot you can do about that, honestly.
The batsmen are leaving the ball because McGrath was bowling outswingers previously then switched up to inswingers. He was like a psychologist setting up expectations then changing the narrative.
It's helpful to understand that the bowler uses variation of bounce from the pitch (grass strip between stumps) to deceive the batsman. That's why a lot of these batsmen left the deliveries (bowls) or ducked but got hit... it was essentially because the ball didn't bounce as they predicted. Love your enthusiasm, Ryan.. im here all day to explain cricket to Americans who show am interest 😂
That was more due to an uneven pitch perhaps on the 4th or 5th day.
Love watching your excitement about Australia with your reaction videos. McGrath is pronounced MuhGrah. He retired from test cricket in 2006. He's most well know nowadays, not only for his fantastic career in cricket, but for his creation of the McGrath Foundation to support women with breast cancer, as his wife died in 2008. Each year, on the third day of the first test, they have Jane McGrath Day, in honour of his wife, where everyone wears pink, and they raise money for his foundation.
McGrath was not a big swinger of the ball, but he was able to get a lot of movement off the pitch. His main strength though was his accuracy. He could put the ball in almost exactly the same spot every single ball.
A lot of the time the reason the batsman doesn't attempt to hit the ball is because the previous few balls where swinging the other way, so the batsman is assuming the one they "leave" will do the same.
There’s two sides in cricket off side (the bat side) and the on side (where the legs are) also called leg side depending where the ball is pitched as in hits the ground and where it’s perceived trajectory is this determines if LBW (leg before wicket) is given out. Also if no shot is offered as in no swing this also determines the LBW. If no shot is offered the benefit of the doubt goes to the bowler. If a shot is offered as in the batter swings then the benefit goes to the batter.
Nicely clarified points, thanks.
Australian fielding and runout compilations would blow your mind!
He always bowled 'line and length'. Hardly ever bowled a bouncer if I recall; unless he was really pissed off.
Need to watch some footage of Adam Gilchrist batting one of the most exciting players
4:30 The "Leg Before Wicket" rule explained (including "offering a shot")
In an LBW decision, the first question an umpire asks to him/herself is "where did the ball pitch? There are 3 possible answers:
Inline - that's the imaginary rectangle down the middle of the pitch that is the width of the wicket. The only thing that matters here is whether the ball would have hit the wicket or not.
Outside Off - this means the ball landed outside of "inline", on the side of the bat. If you "offer a shot" (ie. attempt to genuinely play a stroke) then you cannot get out LBW, even if the ball would have gone on to hit the wicket.
Outside leg - this means the ball lands outside of "inline" on the leg side (opposite side to the bat). You CANNOT get out LBW in this case, no matter what other factors apply.
5:20 Umpire Bucknor was legendary for taking an ETERNITY to make a decision. It was just his "thing". He was still one of the most respected umpires in the game, and got a "guard of honour" for his final test match before retiring (all the players lined up before he walked onto the field).
8:03 Oh man, that was one of the most contentiious decisions in cricket history, and almost caused an international diplomatic incident. The batter was Sachin Tendulkar, basically India's version of Michael Jordan combined with Mr Rogers and the Dalai Lama. Tendulkar was the ONLY batter in history to be invited to have lunch with Sir Donald Bradman, for Bradman's 80th birthday (Tendulkar flew to Australia just to attend that lunch).
9:17 This is a "full toss", which is a legal delivery as long as it meets the rules.. The ball must reach the batter below hip height, else it will be ruled a "No ball" (automatic 1 free run, ball must be bowled again).
McGrath and Warnie. 2 kings of their game. Can’t beat this dynamic duo
i love when you react to cricket - it's brilliant. 2 more greats from the same era: Brett Lee - his wicket celebrations are awesome; and he bowls FAST. And Adam Gilchrist - just a legend!
ooooh aaaar glenn Mcgrath that's his chant
I liked the Australian story about him when his second wife who was English and had no idea who he was ,when dating thought when people went ooooh aaah to him they were just his friends
I said oohhh aarrr Glen McGrath. I took my 4'10" Mother to meet her hero years ago. It was hilarious 😂. She was a cricket fanatic.
Could drop 59 consecutive deliveries on the same 6 inch patch of dirt, then make one go the other way, to get an edge behind or rattle the stumps, every time (well, most every time). Unbelievably consistent 🎯🎯🎯☝️
McGrath was also a protagonist in one of the funniest ever exchanges on a cricket pitch along with Eddo Brandes of Zimbabwe, 2001, Perth. Go on.
You should watch some of the 70s cricket, Australia V West Indies? Lilly bowling at 100 miles an hour!
The best pairing was Lillie and Thompson, Lillie in mid to high 90s and thommo at or over 100mph. They convinced Tony Grieg to wear a helmet. Great to watch.
Let me explain a couple of things to you Ryan. Firstly McGrath the TH is said as rrr like Glen McGrarr. About a third of the way through you said why didn't he (the batsman) play at it, I don't understand. Because the natural line of the ball the batsman expects from a right arm bowler bowling over the wicket is for the ball to slant across from leg side to off side towards the slips (slip fielders next to the wicket keeper. But great bowlers like Glen McGrath have the ability to bring the ball back the other way, or we sometimes say it straightens up towards the stumps (wickets). If the batsman does or does not play a shot and it hits the pads without hitting the bat first and the umpire deems it would have hit the stumps, then the umpire can give the batsman out LBW, leg before wicket. It's one of the most difficult rules to understand in our game. Hope this helps.
Hey just found you yesterday. Really like your openness and humour keep going mate!
Stick around, Raven. Ry is well worth a watch.
this commentary is quite funny, albeit it is certainly appreciated you trying to understand the nuances of the game. You are doing an excellent job in understanding - better than most that have not been brought up with the game. Chatgpt did a reasonable job to explain the reasons for leaving the ball (not offering a shot). If you were to watch more sample sizes you would see that batters get in trouble a lot more by swinging at the ball than by not swinging at it unnecessarily. You ask the question throughout your commentary - "why didn't he swing at it?". It should give you some comfort to know that every batter you saw walking off the field was asking themselves that same question!
I knew him just before he got into the state side. He was a funny character and enjoyed a good old gee up
Ryan these are all Test matches! You should watch some T20 cricket, those are fast and furious! There are far more defensive shots, spectacular catches, crazy runs, big sixes and misses under extreme time duress! Every ball counts and if you don't ground the ball or beat the field your team lose the match - no shot is not an option! 😫 If possible, watch Glenn Maxwell's incredible 200 runs in India! 💥
His nic name is pigeon. The thing that made batting against glenn more difficult is when he bowls he is almost directly infront of the wickets at the other end compared to other bowlers. If you watch his delivery closely he places his right foot inline with the stumps that are next to him and his left foot follows. Most bowlers are alot wider of the stumps
The speed of the ball is added to beautiful line n spin
I really love it that you've been 'bitten by the cricket bug'. Cricket is my favourite sport. If you enjoy the batting as well as the bowling, please look up South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis (referred to as King Kallis by fans around the world). A slow start to his career meant folks thought of him as mediocre, but he proved them wrong in style! Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and as one of the greatest all-rounders ever to play the game, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler. Now he is a cricket coach.
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Some people don’t understand baseball either. Greetings from New Zealand
cool that you can appreciate it mate
Hi Ryan, it's funny you mention the birds in the shots. Test matches in Cricket go on so long that there's not always that much happening in the game, but sometimes birds do get hit by the cricket ball. I remember one game I was watching as a kid when a bird was hit, and the TV cameras followed the story of the bird getting treated for its injuries and finally being released to fly off. The crowd at the grounds cheered as they showed the live coverage on the big screens at the time it was set free. I'm not saying that test cricket is boring, just that watching one random seagull or whatever bird it was getting treated by a Vet, was objectively more interesting on that day. haha ;)
You definitely have to check out McGraths 50. He was known as a "bunny" as a batsman (0 was not an uncommon score), but for one magnificent innings, he looked like a true batsman.
Something a lot of people don't realise is the rules change slightly when you don't play a shot
"That was out," will always mean that the batsman is out. If he was suggesting that the ball was pitching outside the line he would say something more comprehensive. If you attempt to hit the ball then you can only be out if the ball is inside the specified range. If you don't swing that range is broader.
A “Yorker” is a legitimate bowl. It’s aimed to strike the ground either just before or just after the stumps, hopefully taking out a stump or two before it reaches the keeper.
Not quite true.....a YORKER is when the ball goes under the bottom of the bat, or the batsman is fast enough to jam the toe of the bat down onto the ball.
Bowlers can only pitch the ball up, generally aiming for the block hole ( where the batsman taps the bat on the ground when waiting for the ball ).
It is always the batsman who creates the YORKER.
If a bowler pitches the ball perfectly into the blockhole, then the batsman only has to leave the bat on the ground to hit it.
If the batsman wants to hit it harder, then transferring his weight onto the front foot gives him an easy fulltoss to hit.
Weight onto the back foot gives an easy half volley.....should be 4 runs almost every time.
Yes, aimed under the bottom of the bat. Or straight at the toes 😄
Hi Ryan, im from Australia and would love to see you react to netball!! Its a sport played around the world but very popular here in Australia, and I dont think America has a professional team but I could be wrong!
Netball is a fast paced team sport played between two teams of seven players on a rectangular court divided into thirds. The main objective is to score by shooting a ball through a 10-foot-high hoop. Each player has specific roles defined by their position, which restricts their movement within certain areas of the court.
Positions:
Goal Shooter (GS):
Role: Primarily responsible for scoring goals.
Restrictions: Can only enter the shooting circle to shoot.
Goal Attack (GA):
Role: Assists in scoring and can shoot from the shooting circle.
Restrictions: Can enter the shooting circle but also plays outside of it to support the attack.
Wing Attack (WA):
Role: Provides support to the attacking players and feeds the ball into the shooting circle.
Restrictions: Cannot enter the shooting circle and must stay within the attacking third.
Center (C):
Role: Links both defense and attack, starting play from the center circle.
Restrictions: Can move anywhere on the court except the shooting circles.
Wing Defense (WD):
Role: Defends against the Wing Attack and disrupts the opposition's flow.
Restrictions: Cannot enter the shooting circle and must remain within the defensive third.
Goal Defense (GD):
Role: Defends against the Goal Attack and helps protect the shooting circle.
Restrictions: Can enter the shooting circle to defend but cannot shoot.
Goal Keeper (GK):
Role: Primarily responsible for defending against the Goal Shooter and preventing goals.
Restrictions: Can only defend in the shooting circle and cannot shoot.
Key Rules:
Footwork: Players must establish a pivot foot upon catching the ball. They cannot take more than one step while holding the ball.
Passing: Players can only pass the ball; dribbling is not allowed.
Shooting: Only the GS and GA can shoot from inside the shooting circle.
Defense: Players can contest the ball but cannot make physical contact or impede movement.
Obstruction: Defenders must stay at least three feet away when an opponent is shooting.
Interchange: Players can be substituted or rotated in certain competitions.
Netball is structured to promote teamwork and strategic play, with each position integral to both offensive and defensive strategies.
I copy and pasted this from ChatGPT because I wanted to make sure i had as much information as possible, but basically that's all about netball and I've added a video link to Australia Diamonds team highlights you can watch and kind of just see how it works!
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Ryan has a video request link in his description. I sent him a video about netball months ago, but he's never reacted to it.
@@andemaiar Oh thanks for telling me
I played from age 7 to age 21 centre my favourite..Goal shooter...wing attack..and teaching...Then on to horses..training naughty ones and teaching people ages 8 60's when I was 14
Getting dismissed from cricket match as a batter is also known as “being Out” or “getting Out”. Same as you, you refer to a baseball batter getting struck out. You can be also run out, caught out.
Ryan. You’ve got a good grasp on the LBW principle.
I think Tendulkar’s LBW when he ducked into it and it hit him on the upper arm was late on the 4th day at Adelaide. He was ducking as a defensive move and expecting more bounce but the ageing pitch fooled him.
beautiful line and length
I on ex went to see Australia v West Indies and McGrath was fielding next to the boundary and he threw the ball into the middle and I remember his hand only moved about 2 inches but the ball flew like a rocket from his hand. I was amazed.
His bowling was quite the sight to behold!
Some explanation:
A good bowler can control even minor aerodynamic variations in the travel of the ball (called swinging the ball) or affect the way the ball deviates left or right when it bounces (called seaming the ball) McGrath was the best of the best with controlling the line and length (direction and amount of bounce) of the ball. A good bowler can set up a batsman by showing the ball doing certain things, then make the ball go reverse. The batsman will be tricked into playing a false shot or miss entirely.
Leaving the ball is important because the condition of the ball wears down very quickly, when the ball is new a bowler can get more swing and seam, thus making life more difficult for the Batsman. Playing shots, even cautiously is very dangerous when the ball is new. It's easy for the bowler to get the upper hand.
Remember cricket is played for 8hrs for 5 days straight sometimes in 40 degrees C over 110F Sometimes bowlers will bowl for hours at a time per day. Fatiguing the bowler is a tactic unto itself. Batsmen will often go on the attack when the ball is old and worn out. Balls are used all day and by the end of the day look like they have been chewed up by a dog. This helps the batsmen a lot and is hard for the bowlers.
For the LBW decision, the Umpire is much harsher on the batsman if they dont offer a shot. IE swing the bat. The batsman will leave the ball if they think it's missing the wickets but is not a ball that can be easily hit for runs. McGrath's secret was to have the ball dart back in towards the stumps after bouncing.
The full toss delivery is a legal bowl but is considered poor bowling. Usually basman will easily hit these stray balls for runs. The slow sudden drop type ball confuses the bastman into taking evasive action but because its delivered slower it drops suddenly and can hit the stumps or get an LBW. If the umpire considers the full toss dangerous they can call a no ball and award penalty runs.
Our Seagulls live on the ground while they play. Often the birds have to dodge balls, part of the sport.
Ryan, mate...They are "birbs", and they are seagulls. Love your channel mate. If you ever come to Queensland, would love to take you out to the Barrier Reef fishiing, diving, snorkelling etc!
LBW (leg before wicket) rules are complicated. If the batsman plays a shot but the ball misses the bat and hits his leg, then he can be given out LBW by the umpire on certain conditions. 1. the ball can't be pitching outside leg stump (that requires it's own explanation😀), 2. the ball must hit his leg in line with the stumps, 3. the umpire thinks the ball will go on to hit the stumps. This video is about the special case where the batsmen does not offer a shot - in this case the ball can be outside off stump and the umpire thinks that the ball will come back in towards the batsman and hit the stumps. Phew - it's hard to describe cricket without using the jargon - I definitely failed on that one.
Well done. At least someone understands the rules.
He may not have the show of s Super fast bowler, or a dramic direction of direction from a spinner, but his accuracy and no nonsense approach to bowling was wonderful to watch. My father always says "just bowl at the stumps" and for Pidgeon, a lot of the time it was just that simple.
You should pronounce it Glen M'Graaa ( as phonetic).
The complexities of bowling are great, but one thing missed in this collection is the build-up to the wicket ball. You questioned why the batter didn't offer a shot ... McGrath could have played 5 balls which would swing, then the last ball of the over could be "down the line". It is as much a mental game as physical.
Added trivia. The wicket-keeper in these (when I could see him) was Adam Gilchrist, who is well worth a video. He was Australia’s most successful wicket-keeper with 416 dismissals.
He was actually booed on his debt because the previous keeper, Ian Healy, was so popular. Gilly got the last laugh, though. Legend!
It was moreso that Cricket Australia didn't let Healy bow out on his home ground The Gabba so the Brisbane crowd wasn't too happy. It was clear that Gilly was the future, but they really could've handled that better IMO.
And don't forget a prolific batsman.
@@bluedog1052. Yes, true. Like Rod Marsh a few decades before, he could both keep and battery well.
5:12 - yes THAT IS contorversial, in fact the particular clip is back from probably early 2000s, the time when the tech on LBWs were often unreliable and didnt have accuracy, so couldnt be depended upon.
To top all this, the umpire in the clip is arguably the most talked about umpire in the games history, infamous for often giving controversial decisions on ground. No player wanted to come in bad books of this guy 😂 and the decision he gave in the clip is clearly wrong
Ooh, Ahh, Glen McGrath! Although he lacked the genuine pace of some fast bowlers he's still regarded as the greatest seam bowler of all time (look up seam bowling). You should check out a video where Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie were both going after the ball and Waugh's nose hit Gillespie's leg breaking it. And yes, Waugh's nose was broken as well. I remember watching it live on TV.... Not pretty.
Check out another Australian bowler, Mitchell Johnson. Take a look at all of his wickets during the 2013-2014 Ashes series against England. Some really fast and nasty stuff. The English players were terrified. It is easy to see why.
Mcgrath love from india 🇮🇳... #savetheworld...
I like Ryan, his IQ is of the charts
well yeah the 'benefit to not swinging' is that you have to hit the ball with the bat to be caught out. in a test match you don't have limited overs to make your runs (like a one dayer or a 20/20), so you can turtle there at the crease and just block and pad everything away until conditions go in your favour. A bowler like McGrath in these clips can punish a batsman that is playing extremely defensively and it requires a lot of skill and technique to do so.
Watch best wicket keeper catches and Adam Gilchrist batting…
Othert teams didn't have much of a chance when they had to face Shane Warne partnering Glenn McGrath form both ends of the pitch. Spin from one end, speed from the other from the best in the game.
The reason they don't swing at it is because they can't see it, or at least can't judge the trajectory.
In baseball the ball has to be thrown through a 3ft x 2 ft 'window'. In cricket the target is 4ft by 2ft, but the ball's path can be direct from bowlers hand to stumps, or it can bounce anywhere on the pitch. Also in baseball the pitcher is standing still, compared to a convoluted run up.
I think ball speeds are similar, with cricket ranging from around the 120-140kmh - 75-85mph for spin bowlers, and the fast bowlers are around 150-165kmh - 90-100mph. Some fast bowlers put a bit of spin on the ball as well, especially if they are varying the speed to keep the batsman guessing.
Don't forget the compactness of the pitch, the amount of grass shoots, the moisture content, and how the pitch cracks and deteriorates through the course of the game. Oh and the ball, gets rougher as well, adding to the difficulty for the batsman, but also adding to the traction on the bat, and distance and accuracy they can hit it, if they can hit it.
McGrath great strength was his accuracy and consistency. He would bowl 5,6,10 deliveries in the same spot that the batsman could leave………and then 1 that he couldn’t……thus these images of batsmen inconceivably leaving balls that hit the stumps or their pads.
Hello there Ryan, in cricket if u pad up with out offering a shot. U are more re likely to be given out LB, than if u play at the ball. They started this to prevent batsman from just throwing the pad out at any ball, that might prove hard to play. Without losing their wicket...😂😂😂.
The first two wickets were totally different. One time he was bowling from the right-hand side of the wicket and the second time it was on the left-hand side.
The ball moves, these batsmen are good enough to see it, the pigeon was the master of getting it to zip off the seam, just a bit.
He was tall, so it would lift sharp and jag back in after he'd been bowling them away for a few balls prior.
If you dont offer a shot, and you put your leg innthebway, youre more often than not out.
The ball is hard as hell.