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Naresh Kumar Sevak (NK Sanatan)
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Magician Of Swing Bowling !👌👌👌👌👌

Swing Is More Dangerous Than The Sheer Pace
( On Jimmi Anderson’s 600 Test Wickets’ Milestone )

The English bowler Jimmi Anderson is the emperor of swing bowling of the modern Test arena . He remained master in the English conditions and endorsed out the conditions in his home soil by his magical fingers . The situation of his land suited him ever and he remained the destroyer as the swing pace bowler and created terror as well as the respect among the opposite batsmen in England and abroad .
He remained successful in other countries due to his swing magic and got honour in the cricket fraternity . The cricket world knows that he isn’t remained a greater speedy bowler but he was the fingers artist and moving the ball both the sides sharply with keeping 130 plus speed indeed bonded the opponent batsmen and kept compelling them to make error to gift their wickets.
J Anderson remained calm customer and proven the metaphor the gentleman as the game cricket is known for its great grace . By nature and by body language mr Anderson remained a meek and docile cricketer. As a bowler he remained like a sage who makes a sheer penances to meet or seem or get Almighty and through bowling penance he got wicket after wicket. He remained so diligent to acquire wickets. He is the first pacer who has touched an envious mark of 600 Test wickets. As the pace bowler the career remains so challenging ever because the fitness is the first condition and to achieve big tally of wickets needs a long career . Bowling Speed is the big issue then keeping art of both kinds of swing is always tougher. Sir Richard Hadlee was the first pace bowler who crossed 400 figure and broken F Trumen’s record tally of over 300 Test wickets envious mark the then. Then India’s speedster Kapil Dev preceded New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee’s record but for it he struggled and perplexed a lot and he had to bear the resentment of cricket fraternity. Why …. because the age was the big factor and fatigueness was a big issue. He wanted to get retire but for the record his career been dragged by the selectors and BCCI. And after all the record of Richard Hadlee was broken by Kapil Dev but at the point of receded or sun setting of his career faded his worthy career’s figures. But okay the nation india and its cricket lovers can have felt proud on him because the 500 wicket mark is accredited ever when the talk would be made about the Test wickets’ record.
At the twilight of his career his performance remained in jeopardy and the flamboyant form was in questionnaire such as Imran Khan like the fiery man lost his genuine pace and stinginess and lessened the terror of picking the wickets as per his will or can say dimming the ability to get wickets with his sharpened sting.
In present we know that the speed of playing the Test series is faster than the previous eras and during a year the established cricketers do play 3 or 4 Test series and getting maximum wickets whether you are a strong or weakened bowler is an easy task. The cricketer gets opportunity to play maximum Test matches at his pick age. But the career is scanned for a long period not to play or playing less matches then the form and fitness affected automatically. And at the pick or prior age by playing cricket at the higher level the cricketer can keep his performance higher because he is in the regular action.
If the cricketer keeps his rhythm good and balancing his figures shape in the giant stature. Those cricketers whose consistency remained good their height too remained bigger and their playing figures speak all in the paramount level.Though Jimmi Anderson’s career spanned for 18 years and during that he devoted so deeply and the scintillating feat is in his worthy lap or crown.
I congratulate the emperor of Swing Bowling after great Wasim Akram of Pakistan created coveted History. The Sultan Of Swing Bowling like prosperous metaphor is used by the experts and critics for J Anderson is a great honour and the title says a lot about J Anderson’s phenomena .
England is the father of this game and at the prime stage had many records on its name but later maximum records are broken by the rest of the Test playing nations cricketers. Cricket is the national game of England but alas the team England couldn’t collect all eleven players from its or of its own nation . Yeah Jofra Archer, Moin Ali, Adil Rashid , Kevin Peterson , Monti Panesar are the players who are from other nations’ breed who adopted England as their native country and represent England. It shows the insolvency that the father country whose national game is Cricket but couldn’t have all white players of its own origin . So J Anderson’s feat is so glorious for the country and its fans. Though countryman of Jimmi Anderson and pace bowling partner Chris Broad is chasing him and possibly would break J Anderson’s record soon in near future as the pacer. And it would be the glory too for the Britishers. If talk about the figures of J Anderson then he has played 156
Test so far and he is still in the action . His bowling economy is good and maintained average 26.79 expresses all marvellous stature.
If we observe out the figures of previous great pacers then Freddie Truman , D Lille, R Hadlee, Kapil Dev , C Walsh, G McGrath , D Styn, M Natini , S Pollock, C Ambrose, Alen Donald , Wasim Akram, W Yunus , Imran Khan , M Marshall , Bob Willis who got over 300 Test wickets and among these speedsters Dale Styn, A Donald and C Ambrose , M Marshall were very much potential to touch the envious mark of 600 Test wickets but injury or fitness and the form limited or summed of their career. So Jimmi Anderson’s feat is unique, outstanding and saluting . For his long innings without being injured much he kept fit himself and touched a mammoth figure of 600 Test wickets in the Test History. The Test match is the heavyweight form of the game cricket and this kind of feat isn’t easy in this toughest format.
As a sheer fan of the heavyweight format the Test it’s remained so excited and thrilling to see Jimmi Anderson bowling particularly in England. J Anderson shocked batsman like Virat Kohli and once put master batsman’s career in the trouble or question. If I remind the shattering chapter about Virat Kohli whose 153 runs knock played in England is considered aa a historic and great Test innings and applauded a lot but if the close mirror is seen or peeped out deeply or have scrutiny then the big innings would occurred out as an ordinary innings . Why…. because Virat Kohli was dropped by three times during that innings . And Virat was dropped on 47 runs at the first time on the bowling of J Anderson then dropped on 53 and 69. And for it J Anderson cursed out destiny . This anecdote reveals enough about tearing swing bowling of J Anderson. On this great achievement the nation England is glorified and its fans are at the sky to have and enjoyed the feat . J Anderson took the 2nd minimum deliveries to get 600 Test wickets. Great Shree Lankan spinner M Muralidharan is bit ahead to him who took the least balls than J Anderson and it shows his strength and sharpness.
*NK Sevak “Sanatan”

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