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Like all good stories, it took a spell of rejection to achieve redemption. At Adelaide Oval in December 2014, R Ashwin had been left out of Indias XI for the seventh time in nine Test matches.During the match, Ashwin worked with B Arun, Indias bowling coach at the time, in the nets.The source of Ashwins troubles, Arun says in the cover story on R AshwinDecember cover story in the Cricket Monthly, was Ashwins alignment at the crease, in his delivery stride.It is about the positioning of your body, from your back-foot impact to your front-foot impact. Youre more likely to succeed if the alignment is towards the batter. Then youre perfectly balanced.If your alignments are right, I can bowl where I want: outside the off stump and turn, or I can turn it from the stumps.If your alignment is either towards leg slip, or its falling away, then the body position changes. You tend to compensate when you deliver the ball towards the batsman, and you are most likely to deliver only one kind of delivery.You may bowl a few good balls but your consistency will come down, and also, you may tend to get a lot more tired.While Ashwin had previously worked on fixing his alignment issues, he only found a lasting solution during those net sessions in Adelaide after Arun had identified the cause of the problem: the load-up, the way he sets up with his bowling and non-bowling arms prior to his delivery stride.A bowler has control only over two things - his run-up, and the way he loads, Arun says. The rest, everything is reaction. Reaction gives you feedback as to what needs to be done, but most people tend to correct the reaction rather than the action. So you need to work backwards and see what exactly you need to address. Subtle things like how you load can determine where your foot lands.With this insight, watching videos of Ashwins action before and after Adelaide is illuminating. Focus on his right hand during his pre-delivery jump. In the 2012 home series against England, it is above his right shoulder when he takes off, off his left foot. By the time he is at the top of his jump, it has wandered outwards - dipping behind his shoulder and then sweeping to the right until his arm forms an L by his side.The sideways movement of his right hand and arm seems to influence a change in his bodys momentum. He jumps at an angle to his run-up, to his right, and by the time hes in his delivery stride, the line between his back and front foot doesnt go down the pitch towards the batsman, but across to fine leg.It forces him to pivot around a front leg that leans uncomfortably, and by the time he releases the ball, his right arm has gone beyond the vertical too. From the batsmans viewpoint, it is at 1 oclock rather than 12. From that position, it seems near impossible for Ashwin to achieve any drift away from the right-hander.When he finishes his action, his follow-through pulls him away towards cover rather than down the pitch.In his new action, at the start of his pre-delivery jump, not much has changed: the right hand is still over his right shoulder. But now, instead of moving to his right, the hand stays close to his shoulder all the way through his jump, pulling backwards like a catapult before moving forward just as he lands on his back foot to begin his delivery stride.Where the movement of his right arm used to disrupt his forward momentum, they are now in sync. His jump continues along the straight line of his run-up, ensuring an efficient transfer of momentum that carries on through his delivery stride, all of it driving towards the batsman. At release, the right arm is at 12 oclock, as high as it can possibly be.If you are better balanced, you are in a better position to impart more spin, and also, the transfer of weight that takes place is very effective, Arun says. It is towards the target, which is again the batsman. Its about being nippy, getting that extra bounce, and also spinning the ball.With this new action, Ashwin is a transformed bowler. The numbers tell the story well enough: before Adelaide, he averaged 28.65 and had a strike rate of 59.10. Since Adelaide, up until the start of the series against England this year, he averaged 21.49 and takes a wicket every 43.7 balls.This is an edited extract from the Cricket Monthly December cover story on R AshwinAir Max 97 Moins Cher . -- Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver was found dead at his Atlanta-area home Tuesday night, and a medical examiner said Wednesday that the ex-player committed suicide. 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Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player.WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals World Series hopes took a serious blow Tuesday when All-Star catcher Wilson Ramos was diagnosed with a torn ACL in his right knee.Ramos is out for the rest of the season, including the playoffs, taking one of the most valuable players and a consistent power bat out of Washingtons lineup. He was hitting .307 with 22 home runs and 80 RBI and was one of baseballs best offensive catchers.Its unfortunate, general manager Mike Rizzo said. Wilsons having an All-Star season and really a breakout season for himself. So its disappointing. I feel bad for him.Manager Dusty Baker said Ramos will have surgery to repair the ligament, which he tore during an awkward landing while catching a relay throw from Ryan Zimmerman on Monday nightIts the same knee Ramos had two surgeries on in 2012 to repair a torn ACL and medial collateral ligament. The injury is a double dose of pain for Ramos given the proximity of the postseason and that hes set to become a free agent after the World Series.Theres never an opportune time, Baker said. This was the most inopportune time for this to happen.The NL East champions will go with a combination of Jose Lobaton and Pedro Severino behind the plate in Ramos absence. Lobaton is also a little banged up with an ankle injury, so the Nationals called up Spencer Kieboom as a third catcher.Baker is confident that Severino and Lobaton can make up for Ramos absence defensively but will count on reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper, second baseman Daniel Murphy and others to make up for the loss of a big bat.Well really miss his offense, Baker said. I told him: `Hey man, you and Daniel Murphy, particularly you two guys, carried us to this point. Now its up to some of the other guys to take us to the next level and then the next level after that.Murphy is dealing with a strained glute and Harper a left thumb injury. Baker expects Harper back thiis week as Washington tries to shore up home-field advantage and figures Murphy will be ready by Game 1 of the NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct.dddddddddddd. 7.Along with Ramos, Washington is unlikely to have pitcher Stephen Strasburg in the first round and potentially beyond because of a strained flexor mass in his right elbow. Rizzo said Strasburg threw from 90 feet Tuesday and is making progress, but the Nationals cant realistically expect the 15-game winner to be ready to face the Dodgers.I think it would be kind of pushing it, Rizzo said. Just the calendar, its unlikely that hed contribute in that first series.Baker is reluctant to use Cy Young candidate Max Scherzer on short rest in the playoffs unless its a dire emergency.Not having Ramos is close to a dire emergency for the Nationals. Baker went to work immediately after a 14-4 loss to Arizona on Monday night putting together lineups without Ramos.Ramos was having a career season going into free agency, with career highs in hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, runs scored, batting average, slugging percentage and OPS. Baker told Ramos, who he described as upbeat, that other athletes have come back from tearing an ACL twice in the same knee.I told him about (Minnesota Vikings running back) Adrian Peterson. He didnt really know who I was talking about, Baker said. Im positive as strong and as positive as he is and the way he works that hell be back stronger than ever.The timeline for recovery and rehab from ACL surgery puts Ramos start of the 2017 season in doubt and makes his free agency a giant question mark.Hes a big part of the team, the year he was having and him obviously not going to finish the year like he wanted to, Zimmerman said. I feel worse for him than I do for us. ' ' '