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The Harris Factor

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Harris doesn’t look the greatest bowler in the world, however the Rhodesian born off-spinner now has 49 Test Wickets and amongst them are some names that would make Cameron White cry.

The guy is stock standard left-arm orthodox bowler, and from watching him I can’t help but feel he does not deserve to carry the scalps of the best players of spin in the modern game, such as

  • K Pietersen (twice), once on 94
  • V Sehwag (twice)
  • S Ganguly
  • Inzamam-ul-Haq
  • VVS Laxman
  • MS Dhoni
  • CH Gayle
  • SR Tendulkar
  • Yuvraj Singh
  • MJ Clarke
  • A Symonds

Some bloke on the radio yesterday presented a workable theory on the Harris Factor. Apparently the guy is a complete wánker. Whether he learnt this strategy from Harbajahn or is a total knob jockey at heart I’m not sure, but giving the ball to the biggest prick in the team and letting him loose seems to be reaping dividends.

Mind you, it’s no small feat out-árseholing Smith, Kallis, and Nel, but apparently it’s his unique combination of lacking variation and skill mixed with his constant appeals as if to suggest to the batsmen that he could get you out at any time that has the worlds best batsmen drowning in honey.

His stats back this up as well, with 70% of his victims being caught in the field believing that they could hit this annoying piece of saffa shít into next week.

Paul Harris method of dismissal

Paul Harris method of dismissal

Gayle reads backwards wicket perfectly

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It seems that Shivnarine Chanderpaul is having a pretty ordinary series now that he’s been laden with the prestigeous Lord Megachief of Gold title, averaging a mere 209 against the World’s top ranked Test team.

A real blip then that his side is 1-0 down going into the final day of a fairly low scoring series, though they’ve got the chance to even it up tonight.

He’s returned scores of 118, 11, 107*, 77*, 79* and 27* thus far. Now Shiv’s not out and playing for an improbable victory, hoping to steer to Windies to a further 240 on day 5 to take the honours.

Gayle has again proven to be cool mother-f’ucking cat in reading this pitch – he didn’t put Australia in cause he wanted to bowl first, oh no that’d be far too easy for Gayle. He put Australia in so that the Windies could bat last.

Yep, he knew all along that this wicket would reverse over the course of the match, yielding scores of 251, 216, 439 and 475.

How NOT to bowl at the death

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Chris Gayle must have thought he was onto a sure thing at the 49 over mark in the recent ODI.
He’s just given the ball to Chaminda Vaas who has figures of 9 overs, 4 maidens, 0/17. The Windies require 13 off his last over, and their number 10 Fidel Edwards has just walked out to face his first ball. Windies 8/1 to win.

Vaas bowls a low full toss that Edwards can’t dispatch – 13 needed from 5 – Windies 9/1 on.

Edwards manages to get the next one into a gap for a single bringing Shiv Chanderpaul back on strike. Still 12 from 4 needed but Shiv is set – Windies 2/1 favourites.

Another low full toss from Vaas, but horror of horrors Chanderpaul guides it to long-on and some good fielding restricts him to a single.. 11 needed from 3 with Edwards back on strick on 1(2). Windies 15/1 raging favourites.

Another low full toss from Vaas, Edwards manages to squeeze out a single to rotate the strike. It’s all in Chanderpaul’s hands with 10 needed from the final two deliveries – Windies 10/1.

Vaas overpitches another one and Shiv creams it through mid-off for FOUR! 6 required off the last ball to bring it home for the Windies.

I’ll let cricinfo call it in from here:

Vaas to Chanderpaul, SIX, This is the stuff of dreams! Of all times Vaas has to bowl a full toss! Chanderpaul waits for the gift, clubs that across the line and the ball just goes sailing over Jayawardene at deep midwicket. He waits and waits for the ball to clear the rope, a rather long and agonising one, he breaks out in celebration and the entire troupe from the dressing room rush onto the field