FaaipDeOiad
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Score 1 for Jaques in the battle to replace Langer.
He was terrible this year for Worcestershire, bowled only two lengths with minimal swing and at a pace (mid 80’s) which does a disservice to his apparent left arm fast description.Bollinger is probably my least favourite cricketer in Australia, but he's not that bad. Most bowlers who can swing the ball at decent pace will be a handful on their day.
He was terrible this year for Worcestershire, bowled only two lengths with minimal swing and at a pace (mid 80’s) which does a disservice to his apparent right arm fast description.
But my criticizing could be way off for I only saw him play three times and I may have just caught him on three bad days. The guy did well in Australia, so he must have something about him and as you say when he gets the ball to swing he would be a real handful for he doesn’t mind pitching the ball up.
Yeah.
Left arm fast I hope you mean.
no man, i'm not writing him off for the 1st test but i'm saying he has to lift his game. MacGill througout his career has been a good spinner with his biggest weaknesses being his tendancy to be a bit expensive & fragilty againts teams who play spin well, that was always covered by his superb wicket-taking ability.MacGill would have to have the worst tour in the history of tours not to play in the first test IMO. I think he's a cert. Bit early to be writing him off after 4 overs on the tour.
Doug Bollinger?
How he is over-rated? Looks a decent prospect to me, should really start to score heavily in the upcoming few seasons given that he'll play most of his games at the WACA.Glad that Voges failed. Really, really over-rated player. Still can't believe he got the captaincy of the 'A' side.
Almost got a test debut last summer, and captain of the 'A' side from out of nowhere. Pretty rich if you ask me. Don't mind him being on this tour, but gosh...captain, especially when White is in the side and a regular captain of his state.How he is over-rated? Looks a decent prospect to me, should really start to score heavily in the upcoming few seasons given that he'll play most of his games at the WACA.
I agree, he hasnt consistently set domestic cricket alight yet the way Jaques, Hodge, etc have. But I remember seeing him play a second XI match live for WA a few years back and he has always seemed to have something about him to me. The way he hits the ball and the ease with which he seems to find the boundary, has alot of time to play his shots, he just looks like a test batsman.I think Voges is one of the better batsmen in Australia atm and he definitely deserves to be in the A squad
No, I think he's an over-rated batsman.So you are glad he scored no runs because he is, in your opinion, an over-rated captain, even though you've never seen him captain? Wow. I agree it was an odd decision, but they obviously see him as a future Australian captain prospect, unlike White who probably won't make the test team on a regular basis.
Then why bring up his captaincy?No, I think he's an over-rated batsman.