I want to bowl fast - Sreesanth
India's S Sreesath on his recovery from an elbow injury, the challenge of bowling in England, and why he will not compromise on his pace
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
India's S Sreesath on his recovery from an elbow injury, the challenge of bowling in England, and why he will not compromise on his pace. He talks to Sanjjeev Karan Samyal in the Hindustan Times.
I don't want to just bowl. I want to bowl fast. A lot of people question, why he is not playing? But I had this pain and whenever I bowled fast, it was getting worse. I don't want to cheat myself. I want to bowl fast and get back in to the team.
England are a very good side, they have done well everywhere. The conditions will be helpful, but not getting carried away by the bounce and the swing, like I did on my last tour in 2007, will be the key. It took me two Tests to understand how to bowl in England, and the experience of playing a season for Warwickshire will be to my advantage. One thing about England is that the conditions are helpful but if you don't hit the right areas you won't get wickets. If you can swing the ball with pace, nothing like it. I learnt that from Allan Donald and Ashley Giles, who were my coaches at Warwickshire.
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo