A half of Shami’s and Yadav’s scalps have been either bowled or leg before the wicket, which clearly depicts their strategy. It’s the reason most great subcontinental bowlers, like Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram, have truckload of bowled and lbw. Like them, a one-third of Shami’s and Yadav’s overall wicket-tally have been either bowled or lbws. So the bowlers rely on seam movement, decisive than massive movement. For example, most of Shami’s “clean bowled” came from deliveries that held its line or moved away minutely from the right-hander.

Source: Indian Express October 21, 2019 22:53 UTC