What's the deal with T20 bowling?

How much does bowling matter in T20s and how does one measure the potency of a bowler in this format? What are the measures of excellence for a T20 bowler? 

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Talking Points:

• How does one describe a good T20 bowler?


• Is it possible to separate actions and outcomes for T20 bowling? 


• A format that offers the bowlers almost no leverage


• What is the role of bowlers in a contest designed to be between bat and bat?


• Does a great T20 bowler need any particular skills? 


• The value of bowlers with unconventional actions


• What Jasprit Bumrah does well in T20s


• Why T20 bowlers can't be viewed in the same way as Test or ODI bowlers


• Can we gauge bowling in T20s before hitting has reached its full potential?


• The future of T20 bowling - and why some rule changes can bring bowlers into the game


• The Harshal Patel problem for T20 bowlers


• Are teams being inefficient when paying huge sums for bowlers?

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Karthikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo

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Related:

• Hitting v Batting: the choice that dictates the shape of a T20 contest - 81allout podcast


• Bowling doesn't really matter in T20 - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview


• Ferociously fast and thrillingly direct: how Mayank went bang, bang, bang - Karthik Krishnaswamy - ESPNcricinfo


• 'If you go searching for wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand' - Samuel Badree interview by Nagraj Gollapudi - The Cricket Monthly


• ICC recommends ODI rule changes - Cricket Australia