steds
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They should make Bumble king, imo. He's earned it. That german woman hasn't.
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Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Get a wicket FFS! Someone! Anyone!
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Man we need a fast bowler. Damn! These medium pacers just won't do the job in test cricket. Test cricket is about fast bowlers attacking and taking wickets, not about medium pacers bowling and keep things tight, but our medium pacers can't even do that. Sheesh.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
The bowlers are good enough, man for man. The combination, however, just won't take off. They also need a genuine all-rounder, now more than ever.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
? It's not the combination that is somehow forcing them to bowl sixteen feet outside the off stump or right on their legs. I don't care what combo you have, you can't bowl like that.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Combination? WTF. They have bowled without making any impression individually.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
That's the type of thinking that's ruining the selection process. You give me a guy who bowls at 80mph, in these conditions, but does it accurately...I'll take it every time over this 'spray and pray' mode of attack. How does McGrath do at Lords?
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
I am not as naive as you think. What a RF bowler brings is variety, all the Indian pace bowlers are around 75-80mph and so the batsman can settle into a rhythm of playing. Ganguly showed that if you slow it right down, you can break the rhythm but such an attack will not work consistantly.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Actually, they are all bowling between 82-85mph today. And no, Brett Lee is about as fast as you get and his record is mediocre...why?
Speed helps, but it cannot and will never, trump accuracy. Problem with our bowlers is not that they are slow...it is that they can't find the off stump to save their lives.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Exactly, we need variety. We don't just need these medium pacers to bowl on line and consistent like McGrath. We also need a fast bowler!
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
There are several seamers who can generate extra pace, but Sreesanth is the fastest Indian bowler on record from this current bunch. Why he's bowling so slow and so way off the line is inexplicable. He needs to do a Brett Lee out here, as he's the only one capable.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Not picked.Where is Broady?
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Um, there is a slight difference between Sreesanth-fast and Brett Lee-fast.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
The faster you bowl crap, the faster the ball goes to the boundary, particularly against international teams who can play the normal fast bowling. Srinath used to bowl pretty fast but he wasn't very effective abroad till he got his length right. We haven't had many fast bowlers in out attack traditionally. You have to go down 75 years to find the Amar Singhs, Md. Nissars. Just getting a fast bowler who is crap for the sake of it will not do any good. That said, I am sure we have better bowlers than Ishant Sharma is at the age of 18 to select for a tour abroad!