On a PCA pitch that had a sprinkling of grass on the good-length area, Hyderabad yesterday defeated Punjab by 30 runs to consolidate their position in the table.
"On that wicket you don't have to do much. With the grass on the good-length, our coach, Waqar Younis asked us to bowl like we do in a Test match - just put the ball on that one spot and let the pitch do the rest," Sammy said.
Besides sending back Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh, Sammy also got the wicket of David Miller, who had smashed a 38-ball 101 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the same venue last week.
"All of them have been dangerous at different times in the tournament but David Miller, especially. Our plan was to bowl on good length to him and let him try to have a go at us.
"Even though he scored a 100 in 38 balls a couple of games back, Saturday he was starting on naught. He made a mistake and we got the result."
"There's so much of experience there. The one thing I have picked from them is to be clear. Make sure when you're on the top of your mark, you know what ball you're going to bowl - if it's a yorker, slower one, length ball, bouncer, whatever it is.
"When you start running in, no matter what the batsman does, you know that is the ball that's going to come out of your hand.
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