James Anderson reveals that following Mohammad Asif’s technique gave him success in 2010-11 Ashes
James Anderson revealed in a TV show that during the Pakistan-England Test series in 2010, he watched Mohammad Asif bowling the deliveries that were nipping off the seam and later adopted the craft and got him successful in 2010-11 Ashes.
England’s right-arm pacer James Anderson revealed in a cricket analyst show that during the Pakistan-England Test series in 2010, he observed Mohammad Asif bowling the deliveries that were nipping off the seam and later copied him the same to earn himself a successful 2010-11 Ashes.
The legendary pacer revealed that he learned the wobble seam after he saw Mohammad Asif bowling with fine art in the Test series during the summer of 2010.
The 39-year-old has earned 640 wickets to his name in Test cricket and is generally known as the ‘King of Swing’. While talking to a sports channel, the right-arm pacer revealed that he could not wobble seam and worked hard on it before the 2010/11 Ashes as Kookaburra doesn’t provide as much of the swing in Australia.
“It was before the 2010/11 Ashes, David Saker was our bowling coach. He said Kookaburra doesn’t swing for the huge amount of time, so something else in the locker as a bowler was crucial here in Australia for success,”
Anderson said.
“In summer 2010, we played against Pakistan and Mohammad Asif was bowling this ball which just wobbled a little bit, it was not seaming nor swinging, he was just trying to nip off the seam,”
he added.
“So I spent the whole summer practicing that and working on it and was comfortable to bowl here [in Australia] which actually brought success for me throughout that series,”
he concluded.
“Great to catch up with Jimmy Anderson Waving hand He chats about how he’s been surprised by the pitches this series, why he’s not playing in Hobart when he started bowling the wobble seam ball, and plenty more #Ashes,”
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It must be noted that Asif has been admired by many famous cricketers but his short career ended after he was banned from international cricket for his participation in the most highlighted spot-fixing scandal in 2010. In his career for Pakistan, the right-hand seamer bagged 165 wickets in 23 Tests, 38 ODIs, and 11 T20Is.