Cricket: Reverse swing with Presley Polonnowita

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Presley Polonnowita, a leading cricket coach in the UAE and a former first class Sri Lankan cricketer, gives a demo of the art  Read the full story here:  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #UAEnews #cricket #sports

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00:00We need to understand the science behind our reverse swing and why it is different from

00:07conventional swing as well.

00:09So when you know how it works and what is the technique behind it and what is the science

00:16behind it, I am sure it will become beneficial for many young fast bowlers to master this

00:22art and become lethal and become effective on any surface in any part of the world.

00:30And I am sure through this video you will understand how the reverse swing will work

00:36and how it is different from conventional swing as well.

00:40If you are a fast bowler and if you have the ability to move the ball away from the batsman

00:47and into the batsman, it is a great advantage.

00:51And on top of that, if you can do the reverse swing, that will make batsman's life miserable.

00:58We have seen this art over so many years and recently people started talking about it again

01:05due to the last Test match against England and India.

01:09James Anderson, probably the best reverse swing bowler that we have in this generation

01:17and people started talking about how this works and what is the difference between conventional

01:24swing and reverse swing and who are the best bowlers when it comes to reverse swing and

01:31also how it works and what is the science behind it.

01:35So let's talk about reverse swing today and let's see how it is working and what is the

01:42science behind reverse swing.

01:45Reverse swing works right opposite to the outswing and in-swing.

01:50If you see this particular ball which has one side shiny and the other side is rough

01:56and dry and also some damp areas as well.

02:01So if I deliver this ball in the air, conventional swing will take the ball in-swing to the right

02:08hand batsman.

02:10But when the ball is dry and you have much more touches on the ball, this will work as

02:17a reverse swing as well.

02:18How it works is the most important thing and you should know what is the science behind

02:22reverse swing.

02:24So when this ball travels in the air and with proper seam presentation for an in-swing ball

02:31and the air flow comes and wraps around the ball and on the shiny side it flows smoothly

02:39and leaves behind the ball.

02:43And also at the same time the air flow comes here because of the seam presentation, it

02:49trips on the seam and comes into the rough area and has some turbulence created around

02:58this area and the air leaves the ball much more earlier than the shiny side.

03:07Because of that it creates a wake behind the ball towards the shiny side.

03:13So it travels in the air as an in-swing ball a bit later and it moves towards the outside

03:24of the batsman because of the wake created by the ball and because of the air flow around

03:29the shiny side separates the ball much more later than the rough side.

03:35So it creates a reverse swing because of this science.

03:40And also the same way if you have the out-swing grip and if you send the ball in the air and

03:48the ball will travel in the air as an out-swing ball because of the air separation behind

03:56the ball makes a difference to create a wake towards the opposite side and it goes as an

04:02in-swing delivery.

04:04So that's what the science behind the out-swing and in-swing bowling and also the reverse

04:13swing bowling.

04:14So it's all about science and we have realized this probably very late but this has been

04:20happening throughout the years and people have mastered this art and they have reaped

04:26benefits because of this ability.

04:28I'm sure some of the great fast bowlers without knowing they would have done reverse swing

04:34long back but now people have mastered this, people have understood the science behind

04:41it and now they are working on that to get the best benefit out of reverse swing.

04:47Normally ball will reverse after about you can say 25 to 30 overs and probably on a rough

04:55surface it will become much more early and also you need to understand the cricket ball

05:03should travel at a speed around maybe 120 kilometers per hour to get that effect on

05:12the cricket ball to reverse and go towards the opposite direction.

05:17So I'm sure you have understood the reason behind the reverse swing and this will affect

05:25definitely many young bowlers to master this and become more lethal when it comes to their

05:32fast bowling.

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