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#intimidation

6 incidents tagged

🥊Mild

Mitchell Starc Stares Down Mohammad Amir — WT20 2016

Australia vs Pakistan

25 March 2016

Mitchell Starc engaged in an intense staring contest with Mohammad Amir during the World T20 match, creating one of the tournament's most dramatic moments.

#starc#amir#stare
🥊Moderate

Wahab Riaz's Fiery Spell to Shane Watson — 2015 World Cup

Pakistan vs Australia

20 March 2015

Wahab Riaz bowled a fearsome spell of fast bowling to Shane Watson in the World Cup quarter-final, hitting him multiple times and sledging aggressively.

#wahab riaz#watson#world cup
🥊Serious

Mitchell Johnson's Reign of Terror — 2013-14 Ashes

Australia vs England

24 November 2013

Mitchell Johnson bowled one of the most intimidating spells in Ashes history, terrifying England's batsmen with extreme pace and aggression across the entire 5-0 whitewash.

#johnson#ashes#intimidation
🥊Serious

Curtly Ambrose vs Steve Waugh — 'Don't Write Cheques Your Body Can't Cash'

West Indies vs Australia

28 April 1995

Curtly Ambrose got in Steve Waugh's face after being told to go back to his mark. Richie Richardson had to pull Ambrose away. Ambrose then bowled a devastating spell.

#ambrose#steve waugh#confrontation
Moderate

Tibby Cotter — Australia's First Fast-Bowler Bouncer Specialist, 1905

Australia, England

1905-07-15

Albert 'Tibby' Cotter, a stocky 21-year-old fast bowler from Sydney, made his Test debut against England in 1903-04 but became famous on the 1905 Ashes tour. He bowled bouncers as a tactic when most Edwardian fast bowlers thought them ungentlemanly, set packed slip-cordons, and broke stumps. He died in October 1917 in a mounted charge at Beersheba — the only Australian Test cricketer killed in the Great War.

#tibby-cotter#australia#england
Mild

Spofforth's Action — How the Demon Bowled, 1878

Australia

1878-06-01

Fred Spofforth was 6ft 3in tall, lean, and bowled with what contemporaries called 'all legs, arms and nose'. After his initial fast spells in 1878 he developed an extraordinary capacity to bowl medium and slow with the same action — concealing pace changes invisibly. He stared at batsmen during his run-up. He was the first bowler treated as a deliberate intimidator.

#fred-spofforth#1878#bowling-action