The thing is, he could've done a lot better, even given his technical issues. He has an amazing record in England which indicates he can indeed score runs on seaming and bouncy pitches, what surprises me is his very poor record in India, where he only averages 36. I would've expected him to do a fair bit better, given the low nature of pitches in that country.
Yeah real nice spell, but India have survived and should be clear sailing for the rest of the day, imo.
Is this failing? Making a 57 off 134 balls after India were 38/4 in the second inning of the test match to save the test and the series? You just looked at the series averages and concluded that he failed. How very convenient. And Tendulkar was 16 when he was playing that test.
Nor do I. Seems like a big, gumpy bugger. Admittedly he has bowled fairly well in this Test.
Nah county player that came out of nowhere, to the shock of everyone and did well on 'debut', then nailed down a place in the Test side - is one of the great recent cricket stories. Like him heaps.
Haha, he can be a great cricketing story and still be a dick personally. I have no idea either way.
It's probably just because everyone is so used to Harmison, Mahmood and Plunkett.
His performances have been good, no doubt about it, I just don't like the way he puts on a bit of a show after he beats the outside edge. He's been quite unlucky, but it just looks stupid, especially all that aggression, makes him look like a gollywog.
Puts the next ball away very well, wasn't that short.
Firstly, we don't know any of them personally, secondly you can't really judge a player form a few grunts in the field and getting abit angry when he doesn't get the breakthroughs. It would be silly to call someone a dick because of that. For me, I like sportsmen for their stories and what they've achieved, not their supposed personalities which have no idea about anyways.
Nothing to do with what he seems like, again I don't care how he comes across on the field, he just doesn't seem that good to warrant all the frothing that's been done over him recently, imo.
No, we don't know them personally but we can still make a judgement based on what we see on the field, how they come across in interviews and their reputation. The only reason I don't like Sidebottom and think he comes across as a bit of a dick is because of the way he acts on the field, espcially after finding the edge or just missing it. It's not the full story of his personality, but it's enough to form an opinion.