I'd say hes as good of a Test prospect as he is a ODI one. Carried our attack in Test series against England and West Indies. Can be a bit inconsistent but has the ability to bowl top drawer spells, especially with the old ball. Awesome yorkers.
In tests India are actually stronger than in ODIs and have more choices to rely on. (Jaffer, Karthik for opening , Laxman for middle order). Except Dravid, pretty much everyone else had a decent test outing with the bat in England (incl Dhoni's 5th day save of Test1).
Which is ironic, because he's actually looked far, far more promising in Tests than ODIs.
Whatever, the point remains the same.
I said the bowler in question bowled well in those matches where?
Pick an chose, twist the stats to suit the argument you make, turn most threads into basically same. Its pointless excersize. It is sad that some people are allowed to do that and hijack the forum.
That's not the only stat that exists, you have basically made up your mind and then picked performances that suited your argument. I did the same with Mcgrath's stats. It can be proven with any bowler and then say that "I don't need to see a game, though, to realise that a bowler who's gone for ...5,5, 5,2, 6,4 etc"
I didn't, I showed that bad games were bad games and that those games are in a majority.
Adding him to your list is probably the best thing really.
I know, I should have done that the day I joined the forum.
Join me Sanz, it's quite annoying when half the post's on the forum are blank, but trust me it's much better in the long run
Definitely agree with the statement about his effectiveness on flat pitches. Sure hes not a Shoaib Akhtar, but hes as devastating as anyone I've seen in the recent past with a reverse swinging ball.
