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England bowled straighter to VijayM Vijay had gotten out a couple of times edging to fast bowlers in the Test series against New Zealand. Last month, his trigger movement was a slight forward press and that, perhaps, led him to play inside the line. In Rajkot, Vijay started moving back and across in the trigger movement, for that meant his head getting on top of off stump and that helped him leave balls outside off. In Visakhapatnam, the England bowlers, especially James Anderson bowled a lot straighter. This shows the constant evolution of tactics in international cricket.Pujara against the short ballsChange in tactics. Ben Stokes and Alastair Cook have abandoned the outside-off line for Cheteshwar Pujara and decided to give the bouncer-trap a go. Theres a short leg, a leg gully and two fielders in the deep, square on the leg side. Pujara has handled the threat quite well in Visakhapatnam as compared to his struggles against the bouncers in Rajkot. In the previous Test, he was planting his front foot in a long and across stride, which led to the upper body getting blocked. Here, he has kept a very short forward stride and also marginally straighter, which has allowed him to handle the short balls better.Kohli and the outside-off-stump lineIf anyone has an elephants memory in international cricket, it has to be the bowlers clan. Two years ago, Virat Kohli had his share of problems against the outside-off line in England and that has prompted the same line of attack in Visakhapatnam too. In the first session, there was not a single ball the England fast bowlers bowled within the stumps. England either tried bouncers or kept the ball fairly outside off throughout. Such tactics dont test a batsmans technique, they test another important facet of batting in Tests - patience. Kohli has been up to the challenge thus far. The first shooter on the first dayKohli went back to a ball, from Moeen Ali in the 50th over, that was reasonably short but the ball kept really low. Kohli did well to get bat on ball and therefore no damage was done as the ball took the toe of the bat and went to the fine-leg boundary for four. But that was the first sign of uneven bounce on this surface. It will be interesting to observe if and when the balls start bouncing alarmingly too.Right hand dominatingThe coaching manual says that batting is all about the top hand. Its the top hand that dominates and the bottom hand that guides, especially for shots off the front foot through the off side. Both Pujara and Kohli have used the bottom hand to good effect, even to the front-foot shots through the covers and mid-off. Why and how? Well, the slower nature of the pitches in the subcontinent dictates that batsmen are forced to generate their own pace, and to do that its imperative to use the bottom hand more often. The flip side of allowing the bottom hand to dominate is that the ball goes in the air from time to time and to counter it, both these batsmen have stayed low and transferred the weight at the right time.The real Indian pitchThis is a proper Indian pitch with smaller blocks running through the 22 yards. Theres only a sprinkling of dry-cut grass, which is unlikely to keep the track together. On such pitches, the cracks dont open up but crumble as the match progresses. Also, the footmarks are likely to make their appearance felt early in the game. Los Angeles Angels Gear . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. Frank Robinson Angels Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. https://www.cheapangels.com/2333j-hoyt-wilhelm-jersey-angels.html . 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Toronto, which sputtered a bit in the second half of the 2012 campaign, losing three straight and five of six during one stretch, thrilled the hometown fans in late November when it delivered a 35-22 win over Calgary in the title tilt. The championship was the first for the Argos since 2004 when they topped British Columbia, 27-19, in Ottawa. The Argonauts logged a regular-season record of just 9-9 a year ago and won back-to-back games only three times, numbers that clearly dispel the myth that a team has to be good all year long in order to be around at the end and hoist the Grey Cup. Although there were several bumps in the road en route to the title, Scott Milanovich took it all in stride as he was named the 2012 CFL Coach of the Year in his first season at the helm with the Argos. As for the Tiger-Cats, they won a total of six games a season ago, three of those coming in consecutive weeks in July. Because of the dismal display, head coach George Cortez was dismissed after just a single season with the Ticats, a position that is currently being filled by Kent Austin, a former CFL quarterback in his own right between 1987-1996. Hamilton, which will be a temporary resident of Guelph Alumni Stadium for this year while the teams new stadium is set to be completed in time for the 2014 campaign, was actually the highest-scoring team in the league a year ago with 29.9 ppg, but even so the wins were hard to come by. Victories were scarce because the defensive pressure was lacking, as the squad surrendered a massing 32.0 ppg, most in the league as well. Only once did the Ticats limit an opponent to single digits on the scoreboard in 2012, holding Edmonton to a mere eight points in a 43-point blowout in the middle of September. A big part of the problem for Hamilton was turnovers. The team was second-to- last in turnover margin with minus-11, having double-digit giveaways of their own in all three phases (interceptions, fumbles and downs). A key to reducing miscues on offense will be the decision making of quarterback Henry Burris. A constant in the league since 1997 when he broke in with Calgary, Burris needs just 3,399 passing yards to reach 50,000 for his career, a number that should be easily within reach (barring injury) since he threw for a career-high 5,367 yards a year ago. Burris, who led the league in passing yards and passingg touchdowns (43), unfortunately also tossed a league-high 18 interceptions as well, but that comes with the territory when you throw the ball more than 600 times.dddddddddddd What Burris and the Ticats need is more production from Chevon Walker, second on the team and seventh in the league in rushing last year with 656 yards, leading to 4 touchdowns. The good news for Walker is that he wont have to wait his turn behind Avon Cobourne, the former West Virginia star no longer on the roster after being released in February. Unfortunately, a major distraction for Hamilton could be the absence of wide receiver/returner Chris Williams who was third in the league last season in combined yards with 2,681 and scored a staggering five touchdowns on punt returns alone and six on returns overall to set a new CFL record. Williams, who scored a club-record 17 majors a year ago and was named the leagues outstanding special teams player, has been suspended by the Ticats because he did not show up for training camp. Wanting to give the NFL a shot, Williams still has a valid contract with the Ticats for this season and may never see the field in 2013 if the issues are not resolved. While Hamilton has trouble getting one of its stars back in action, Toronto made sure to avoid any confusion with their top performer as they recently signed Chad Owens to a two-year contract extension. The CFLs reigning Most Outstanding Player, led the league in both receiving yardage (1,328) and kick return yards (2,418) in 2012, setting the single-season record for combined yards in the process. Rated as the top overall player in the league heading into the season, Owens now has 3 straight seasons with more than 3,000 combined yards, setting the bar quite high for himself moving forward. Not to be overlooked on offense for the defending champs is quarterback Ricky Ray who had some struggles early on with his new team, but came alive when it counted most and responded with 4,069 passing yards and 20 TDs. Another top-notch performer for the Argos is Chad Kackert who led the team in rushing with 638 yards on 100 carries. Kackert scored five times on the ground, but as a unit Toronto had just 11 rushing majors, second-fewest in the league and an area that needs to be improved for sure. During the 2012 campaign these teams matched up a total of four times, with Hamilton capturing a 36-27 victory in the third week, but then the Argos putting together a three-game run with a back-to-back victories in early September, and finally a 43-40 decision at home in the final week of the regular season. The teams are slated to compete against each other two more times during the regular season, clashing in consecutive weeks in October. ' ' '