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Pioneers and notable practitioners of reverse swing have mostly been Pakistani fast bowlers. Former Pakistan international Sarfraz Nawaz was the founder of reverse swing during the late 1970s, and he passed his knowledge on to former team-mate Imran Khan[1], who in turn taught the duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. The English pair of Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones are also well known for the ability to reverse swing the ball having been taught by Troy Cooley [2]. The Indian pace duo of Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, coached by Venkatesh Prasad, used reverse swing, which enabled India to win the home series against Australia in 2008[3].
In the early days of reverse swing, Pakistani bowlers were suspected of ball tampering to achieve the conditions of the ball that allow reverse swing, but today they are considered to simply have been ahead of their time.
Normal swing occurs mostly when the ball is fairly new. As it wears more, the aerodynamics of the asymmetry change and it is more difficult to extract a large amount of swing.
When the ball becomes very old—around 40 or more overs old, it can begin to swing towards the polished side rather than the rough side. This is known as reverse swing (Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones have been known to produce reverse swing in balls as young as 15 overs old[4]). Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma of India also managed to get the reverse swing as early as just 8 overs[5]. In essence, both sides have turbulent flow, but here the seam causes the airflow to separate earlier on one side. The result is always a swing to the side with the later separation, so the swing is away from the seam. (See External Links.)
Reverse swing is difficult to achieve consistently, as it relies on uneven wear of the ball, tends to occur mostly in hot, dry weather conditions, and requires bowling at high speed. Normal swing can be achieved at relatively moderate bowling speeds, but only the fastest bowlers can regularly produce reverse swing.
Reverse swing tends to be stronger than normal swing, and to occur late in the ball's trajectory. This gives it a very different character from normal swing, and because batsmen experience it less often, they generally find it much more difficult to defend against. It is also possible for a ball to swing normally in its early flight, and then to reverse as it approaches the batsman. This can be done in two ways[citation needed]: one for the ball to reverse in the opposite direction to the original swing, giving it an "S" trajectory; and the other for it to reverse in the same direction making the swing even more pronounced. Either way it can be very devastating for the batsman: in the first instance, he is already committed to playing one way, which is often the wrong way to play swing in the opposite direction; and in the second instance, his stance will have conformed to dealing with the degree of expected swing and could leave him vulnerable to being caught behind, LBW or bowled. Two back to back deliveries from Wasim Akram, one of each type, were considered to be the turning point of the 1992 World Cup Final.
Controversy regarding reverse swing has never left modern cricket, as the Pakistani team was accused of ball tampering by the controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair during the fourth test against England in 2006 when the ball began to reverse swing after the 50th over.[citation needed] His co-umpire Billy Doctrove fully supported him in this action. A hearing subsequently found that there was insufficient evidence to convict anyone of ball tampering.
Week #28 "High Key"
See Week 18 - flic.kr/p/ruAa2e
It's been one of those weeks, and I nearly forgot to do my photo of the week... So I had to come up with something quick.. In week 18 we had shadow as the theme, so I reproduced the image, but in reverse to give high key. I'm happy with the result.
CC as always welcome.
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Only kidding!
Though this beauty is reversing, ready to ferry passengers and enthusiasts like myself to Woodthorpe, near the Prestwich end of Heaton Park.
Taken on Saturday 22nd October during the Deregulation 25 event
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Near Clock Tower, Deira,
Dubai, U.A.E.
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David Thomlinson, Global Head, Geographic Strategy and Operations, Accenture, speaks at the Reversing Income Inequality session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2013 in Dalian, China 11 September 2013. Photo by World Economic Forum/Adam Nadel
Even harder than the free lens shots, i tried some reverse lens macro. It was super cool to see the magnification effect, but also nearly impossible to get anything sharp :-/
Between Elko and Joso, a stop at Reverse seemed like a good idea. Here is a visual representation of all the trains we saw. Neat signal bridge, though. And the codeline. Oh, the codeline.
Robin Mask's defeat of Junkman is a great example of how he is one of the best tacticians in the Kinnikuman series. So, here's an opponent who's like a trash compactor, whose chest is covered in spikes, and who can sprout a face in the back of his head to catch you if you're behind him. He could easily escape Robin's regular Tower Bridge backbreaker, so instead he reversed it into a diving slam, stabbing Junkman with the spike on top of his helmet to secure the win. Go Robin Mask!
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Charadriidae | [latin] Charadrius morinellus | [UK] Dotterel | [FR] Pluvier guignard | [DE] Mornellregenpfeifer | [ES] Chorlito Carambolo | [IT] Piviere tortolino eurasiatico | [NL] Morinelplevier
spanwidth min.: 55 cm
spanwidth max.: 65 cm
size min.: 20 cm
size max.: 24 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 24 days
incubation max.: 28 days
fledging min.: 25 days
fledging max.: 30 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 1
eggs max.: 4
Physical characteristics
Bulky plover, with reversed sexual dimorphism in size and plumage. Unmistakable in breeding dress. Long white supercilia meet in "v" on nape. Narrow white breast band separates grey throat and upperbreast from bright chestnut lower breast. Female more brightly colored than male, with blacker crown and belly. Non-breeding adult lacks bright colors, and has supercilia brownish buff.
Habitat
Breeds on extensive open, flat uplands, mountain ridges and plateaux, with sparse vegetation of moss, short grass or lichens and bare patches of rock, in Arctic tundra and Arctic alpine zone. Non-breeding grounds, include stony steppe, ploughed farmlands, semi-desert, including marginal cultivation and shrubby steppe. On migration stages in exposed areas with some short vegetation, heathland, particularly near water.
Other details
Eudromias morinellus is a summer visitor to northern Europe, but occurs more patchily farther south, with Europe accounting for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is relatively small (<42,000 pairs), but was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in Finland and the United Kingdom during 1990-2000, key populations in Norway and Sweden were stable (though the trend in Russia was unknown), and the species probably declined only slightly overall.
This plover inhabits arctic tundra and alpine meadows. Its Eurasian distribution is strongly fragmented, from the Pyrenees and Scotland to Mongolia and Eastern Siberia. It winters from Morocco to Iran. The population of the European Union (12 Member States) counts not more than 1000 breeding pairs, 95% of which inhabit Scotland. This represents only 1.5-5% of the total European population. This species has undergone a strong decline since the middle of last century, but the Scottish populations seems currently to be stable, and some recent colonisation in the Alps and Pyrenees have been documented
Feeding
Insects: beetles, butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, crickets, ants and spiders. Occasionally snails, earthworms, especially in ploughed fields, and regularly some leaves, seeds, berries and flowers. Sometimes feeds by foot-trembling. Associate with cattle in some areas. Diurnal and nocturnal forager, primarily diurnal at southern breeding grounds.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 49,000-210,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
The length of the egg-laying season varies from year to year but usually starts the last week of May. Breeds solitary, but where suitable habitat is restricted breeds in loose neighbourhood groups 2-5 pairs. Usually feeds outside territory on neutral grounds. Nest in short vegetation or on bare gravel or soil. Shallow scrape, lined with moss, lichens or leanes. The latest clutches are finished in mid-July. During egg laying, the birds continue to copulate. Clutch size is from 2-4, mostly 3. In the Dotterel the male is attending the young and incubates (23-29 days) the eggs. No sexual behavior on the part of incubating males after egg laying at their nests was finished. In early nests, the male is in sole charge of the incubation, but, in nests started later than mid-June, the female frequently assists. Females never incubate alone. Young from two clutches were observed flying at the ages of 24 and 26 days, respectively. Females were never observed attending chicks. Temales lay two clutches in one season and that males accept new clutches after nest predation. While the male is incubating the female engages in extensive sexual behavior, showing frequent and prolonged dsiplay behavior. Also copulating did not stop after egg laying.
The females seek new mates during a large part of the season by the display flights. Shedid not attend to male or young. However, later in the breddding season while having a second clutch, the female attended incubation and after hatching shared caring for the young. The occurrence of this phenomenon only in the late clutches indicates that, as the prospects for further matings and successfully raising broods decrease late in the season, females may increase investments in late clutches by taking part in the incubation instead of continuing to seek mates. Sexual role reversal is a prominent feature in Dotterels. The female is seasonally monogamous, serially polyandrous and occasionally polygynous, depending on local sex ration.
Migration
Migratory. Migrates in broad front across Europe, staging at few, often traditional, sites. Many birds probably migrate non-stop, especially to autumn. On autumn migration females usually precede juveniles and males by 2-4 weeks, and also tend to return first to breeding grounds. Birds depart from Scottish Highlands first half Aug, Siberia from late Aug to early Sept; passage W Europe mid-Aug to late Sept; some birds stage in Alps at altitude 2000-3000 m or on crest of Jura Mts at 1600m; many stage to moult in N Caspian region, migrating further S until Nov; birds arrive in winter grounds from early Sept. Spring migration begins late Feb to Mar, passing W Europe mid-Apr to mid-May and Ukraine mid-Mar to late Apr, returns to breeding ground in Scotland early May, S Scandinavia middle to late May, and Lapland and N Russia late May to mid-Jun. Despite vast and discontinuous breeding range no indication of subspeciation; this is in accordance both with limited faithfulness to breeding sites, which may be due to mixing in winter quarters, and with erratic breeding in Europe. During migration sometimes in flocks of 20-80 birds, but usually 3-6.
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Dubai, U.A.E.
Phone: +971 4 2669986
E-mail: dubai@ecosmart-intl.com"
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Re-attaching Matthew's sway bar before we got back on the paved highway. Some car started to drive into the park, and then changed their mind and reversed out when they saw the gravel road. Which is funny, because after coming back from the offroad trail, a mere gravel road actually feels like entering an advanced civilization.
Carolyn, Frank, Matthew.
attaching sway bar, laying on the ground, reversing.
Jeep truck, car, grass, road, sway bar, trees.
360-degree panoramic.
Rawley Springs, George Washington National Forest, Virginia.
October 16, 2011.
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BACKSTORY: Since nobody wanted to go camping with us last weekend, Matthew invited us to go camping with him and some friends this weekend. We went off-roading, fishing, and then shooting at a firing range. Good times! So nice to not have to organize the trip for once!