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And Sobers...West Indies - Ian Bradshaw, Pedro Collins, Deighton Butler, Kenroy Peters.
And Sobers...West Indies - Ian Bradshaw, Pedro Collins, Deighton Butler, Kenroy Peters.
Wild claims on minimal impressions, tbh.Lillee saw him at the age of about 18 and nominated him as such. He was reputedly quicker then than what he is now, has lost some yards because of the numerous back injuries he's had.
Lillee judged him on pace and being left-handed - apparently he was Brett Lee/Shoaib type pace at 16 or 17Wild claims on minimal impressions, tbh.
That great one-Test wonder...Aust. cricket history has had very few fast left handers (Matthews)
Not to mention Perera, Rutra Pratap Singh and Nehra...Seem to be more common in Asia as well, with the likes of Pathan, Vaas, Zoysa, Khan, Rasel etc.compared with relatively few from the other nations.
Indeed it was... 7 years ago... and it'd be too early now, too.He's got a good action... dunno what Dennis is on about, though. Bit early for those type of calls, imo.
No, not neccessarily.guys if someon like dennis lille said something like this about a bloke he certainly is something
In the case of the West Indies, I'd think it's because the left-arm seamers that I listed are from a generation and a team plagued by mediocrity. Imagine if the likes of Pedro Collins - with such ability - had the chance to play in the era of Holding, Marshall etc. Fitness regimes were much better then and generally fast bowlers developed far better (obviously).It is quite amazing when you think about it, all of those bowlers you have listed would not even come close to an all time WI fast bowling line up, and apart from Alan Davidson and maybe Bill Voce no lefties from Aust. Eng, WI, NZ or Sth Afr (can't think of a great one from there?) would be rated too highly either.
Can anyone think of a reason for this? After all more then 10% of the pop. is left handed
I don't know about Read, but the comment about Harmison isn't without merit. He's certainly not amounted to a great deal, but it's not hard to see why Harmison could have been very good.No, not neccessarily.
Like his mate Rodney Marsh, he can be prone to hyperbole... Marsh who once called Chris Read one of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen in The World... and Lillee who said Harmison could be one of The World's best...
Very true, when I think of FLA for England only Bill Voce and Frank Foster come to mind. I have a feeling one of the Lever brothers may have been a lefty?
How dare you forget Alan Mullally and Mark Illot.
John was a left-armer, Peter a right. They weren't brothers, though. The only other one that comes to my mind is Jeff Jones.Sorry I missed them, but my mind is lost in the past
Not to mention Mike Smith and Simon Brown... who have 1-cap-wonder status in common along with left-arm-seam-bowling... and Paul Taylor who played 2.Ryan Sidebottom.
It is.I don't know about Read, but the comment about Harmison isn't without merit. He's certainly not amounted to a great deal, but it's not hard to see why Harmison could have been very good.
No, it doesn't, but you could say that about many 17-year-olds.Anyway, people often speak for impact in situations like these. What Lillee meant was clearly that he thought Johnson was incredibly talented and needed to be watched closely by Australia's cricketing authorities, and his comments certainly achieved that. Whether he ends up as a once in a generation bowler, merely a very good one or a total failure due to injury or whatever doesn't necessarily mean much about what Lillee saw at the time.
Approximately 10% is gay, too... and I honestly don't recall a single openly gay cricketer. There surely must've been one or two, but well... I think it says a good deal.It is quite amazing when you think about it, all of those bowlers you have listed would not even come close to an all time WI fast bowling line up, and apart from Alan Davidson and maybe Bill Voce no lefties from Aust. Eng, WI, NZ or Sth Afr (can't think of a great one from there?) would be rated too highly either.
Can anyone think of a reason for this? After all more then 10% of the pop. is left handed
Ok, so we count one. Tait? Two, though he has a LOT to prove. Aaaand.....?Been pleasantly surprised in the one day games as I thought he was a bowler who got wickets and go for plenty but he has pretty good control.Unproven in the test arena but will probably get the nod ahead of Tait and Bracken.I thought Australia didn't have many up and coming players to turn to?