Player Photo Study: Panesar bowls to Root
June 2, 2011 
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Photo sequence: Monty Panesar bowling to Joe Root, 31/05/2011
No mind-stretching insights from me, from these pictures, but just one or two thoughts.
The grace and balance of the two main protagonists. Monty may be a cumbersome fieldsman, but his bowling is lovely to watch and the ball seems to get above the batsman’s eye-level. No early movement from Joe, no fashionable forward press – pick up the bat, assess the line and length, play the stroke.
Simples (if you’re talented).
Slip is interesting. Hands on knees, then they briefly come together, but are apart again just at the vital moment. Not good, I’d suggest.
Short-leg and wicket-keeper have both stayed down well, but in Hodd’s case this is misleading. He had a shocking match.
And just to be mischievous, bearing in mind what happened later in the day, Kettleborough’s index finger is nowhere to be seen.
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Dave Morton, 2011
