MUMBAI: If you understand what rhythm means in pace bowling, you will know it when you see bowlers like Mohammed Shami at work. Nice, equal strides, hands pumping next to each other and then the load up, with the front hand going up and the right hand, with solid wrists, releasing the ball with perfect seam position 101 times out of 100. Shami's relentless 5-18 vs Sri Lanka at the Wankhede on Thursday showed that he was in rhythm.
He did not train on either of the optional practice days before the game and chose to rest. If you have taken 14 wickets in three games in this World Cup at an average of 6.71, getting a wicket every 9.4 balls, you don't need to.
