Michael cl🙄 couldn't read the reverse swing. He saw the shiny side was towards slip and thought the ball was an outswing but it came back sharply pitching outside off on a good length. Probably 9 out of 10 batsman would have been out. One Hell of a delivery
If you slow it down, it actually moves more off the seam/pitch than swing. It was swinging in until it bounced then it moved off the pitch a fair bit to crash into the stumps
I wonder why it's always Clarke..in the beginning of series McGrath was saying he will get English openers. But no after first test trescothick never fell to McGrath….and it's the Australians who suffered batting collapse
This is the best ball I've seen bowled in an Ashes match. Unbelievable. I can't imagine any batsman surviving that delivery. What a tradgedy that Simon's injuries took him out of the game.
Perhaps the finest British bowler of his generation, vastly underated, terribly unlucky with injury, almost unplayable on numerous occasions even to some of the very best Australian batsmen of all time.
What an absolute tragedy that injury robbed him of an amazing test career…a masterful reverse swing bowler… I've never seen anyone bowl reverse swing on a length like that… usually the great reverse swing bowlers bowl it very full and fast…. but Jones was doing it on a length and outside off….him and flintoff had the top five Australian batsman in knots with that kind of bowling
If Simon Jones had kept fit, a bowling attack of Jones, Hoggard, Harmison, Flintoff and Anderson would have been as formidable as the West Indies teams of the 80's.
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Only Waqar Younis at his best could do this type of thing.
Simon Jones was such a fantastic bowler. Too bad – he disappeared with a whimper post injury.
More talent than Jimmy Anderson for me and quicker
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One the best delivery to got great batsman out🔥🔥🔥
Epitome of reverse swing !
Love the way Clarke holds his position afterwards.
They should show the previous 4 balls where he softened Clarke up with reverse swings the OPPOSITE way
Ìi̊Í Out! The beautiful sound of the leather hitting the willow (or timber, whatever) sounds like music.
Michael cl🙄 couldn't read the reverse swing.
He saw the shiny side was towards slip and thought the ball was an outswing but it came back sharply pitching outside off on a good length.
Probably 9 out of 10 batsman would have been out.
One Hell of a delivery
If you slow it down, it actually moves more off the seam/pitch than swing. It was swinging in until it bounced then it moved off the pitch a fair bit to crash into the stumps
I wonder why it's always Clarke..in the beginning of series McGrath was saying he will get English openers. But no after first test trescothick never fell to McGrath….and it's the Australians who suffered batting collapse
Michael Clarke actually makes getting clean bowled look good
This is the best ball I've seen bowled in an Ashes match. Unbelievable. I can't imagine any batsman surviving that delivery. What a tradgedy that Simon's injuries took him out of the game.
Makes the batsmen look foolishly but when the ball is this good, there is nothing you can do
If not for injury , Simon jones would have been one of the greatest .. bad luck
One of the best bowlers of reverse swing the game has ever seen. A career that was too short.
Here after Jimmy tweeted!
who's here after james Anderson's tweet
What a sound that made THUNK!!!
Jones had a fine series
Best Revess swing bowl of cricket history
The sound of the stump lives in my head rent-free.
Perhaps the finest British bowler of his generation, vastly underated, terribly unlucky with injury, almost unplayable on numerous occasions even to some of the very best Australian batsmen of all time.
Simon Jones is very underrated🔥
Best bowler of his generation by far , cruelly robbed of legendary status by bad injuries
I miss Richie
List of batsman who have looked foolish
Jones: I didn't see Michael Clarke on that list, I got annoyed so the off stump paid the price
Keegan Peterson The Oval 2022 bowled Ollie Robinson.
Proof that you can see noise
"Well outside of off-stump there… but not there!" 🙌
What an absolute tragedy that injury robbed him of an amazing test career…a masterful reverse swing bowler… I've never seen anyone bowl reverse swing on a length like that… usually the great reverse swing bowlers bowl it very full and fast…. but Jones was doing it on a length and outside off….him and flintoff had the top five Australian batsman in knots with that kind of bowling
Love the celebration! Gives you pure adrenaline. The commentary from (benaud?) and Nicholas makes it even better
The camera work is class too
This is just iconic. Gives me goosebumps
I watched this live when I was 12 and it was burned into my mind, absolutely love it
If Simon Jones had kept fit, a bowling attack of Jones, Hoggard, Harmison, Flintoff and Anderson would have been as formidable as the West Indies teams of the 80's.
That noise was my message notification for the rest of the summer!
THAT
IS
VERY
GOOD
That stump sound ❤❤
Beautiful delivery