Anderson: Learned to bowl wobble seam watching Mohammad Asif
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England pacer James Anderson said that he learned bowling the wobble seam delivery watching Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif.
While talking to 7 Cricket, the right-arm pacer revealed that he had to work on the wobble seam before the 2010/11 Ashes as Kookaburra doesn't provide as much of the swing.
Anderson said that during the Pakistan tour of England, he watched Asif bowling these deliveries which were nipping off the seam and he later tried to learn which eventually brought him success during the 2010/11 Ashes.
"It was before the 2010/11 Ashes, David Saker was our bowling coach. He said Kookaburra doesn't swing for the huge amount of time, so something else in the locker as a bowler was crucial here in Australia for success," Anderson said.
"In summer 2010, we played against Pakistan and Mohammad Asif was bowling this ball which just wobbled a little bit, it was not seaming nor swinging, he was just trying to nip off the seam," he added.
"So I spent the whole summer practising that and working on it and was comfortable to bowl here [in Australia] which actually brought success for me throughout that series," he concluded.
The 39-year-old has 640 wickets in Test cricket and is generally known as the 'King of Swing'.
