Flintoff hails offie Graeme Swann's magic ball
Updated On: 05 August, 2009 08:11 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
Graeme Swann's hugely spinning off-break from well outside the off stump, which knocked back a bewildered Ricky Ponting's middle and leg stumps could lay claim to being the ball of this century
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If Shane Warne's incredible first delivery which consumed the bemused Mike Gatting, bowled round his legs in the 1993 Ashes series, was the ball of the last century, Graeme Swann's hugely spinning off-break from well outside the off stump, which knocked back a bewildered Ricky Ponting's middle and leg stumps on the fourth day at Edgbaston could lay claim to being the ball of this century.
According to England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, Swann's off-break was even better than the one which former England captain Michael Vaughan delivered to bowl India's great Sachin Tendulkar between bat and pad at Trent Bridge in 2002.
"That ball that Swanny bowled was the perfect off-spinner's dismissal," Flintoff said.
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Australia skipper Ricky Ponting looks back bewildered as a Graeme Swann off-spinner crashes on to his stumps on the fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Sunday. pic/Getty images Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
