most talented young player!

[marc71178]

White has taken wickets with all sorts of different bowling techniques.

But not many wickets and not cheaply.

 

[marc71178]

I think White could do what McGrath and Gillespie cannot - reverse-swing and cut the ball, and hence threaten batsmen in all conditions.

If he's so good, how come he averages 37.63, whilst McGrath averages 21.71 and Gillespie 25.24 (both for a far greater number of wickets)

So that suggests that while he may be able to do something that they can't, he can't do it well, and what they do is a damn sight more effective than his attempts at it!

 

[Richard]

They're both more accurate than him, no disputing that.
If a match was played against perfect batsmen in conditions as good for batting as possible, I think White would get more wickets than either.
Past effectiveness, as you should know by now, doesn't count for everything in my eyes.

 

[Richard]

But not many wickets and not cheaply.

Nope, that's just something I judge could have happened, and I can't prove it would and you can't prove it wouldn't!:saint:

 

[Neil Pickup]

O..K..

White or McGrath... White or McGrath...

Beats me..

 

[Richard]

Notice, I've never actually asked that question (assuming your comment was preceded by "who would you select for a team trying to win a cricket match").
All I've said was "I think White has bowled better at times than McGrath is capable of".

 

[marc71178]

You are unique, I'll say that about you.

 

[Richard]

We are each of us unique...
You can only slide into the crowd for so long in this life...8D

 

[Flem274*]

Diggity diggity dig dig.

I agree about White: Far better than McGrath...Anthony McGrath (ahahaha I'm so funny not).

Some good picks and some howlers in this thread.

 

[_Ed_]

Anthony McGrath > everyone.

Test record of 40.2 with the bat, 14 ball. Can't beat that.

 

[Flem274*]

Anthony McGrath > everyone.

40.2 with the bat, 14 ball. Can't beat that.

Tim Southee pre-lords.

 

[Pratters]

Probably odds-on to break Hasan Raza's records then.
I still struggle to believe that anyone could pick a 14-year-old for Tests and ODIs.

I doubt Hasan Raza was really 14.

As far as I'm aware there's as much doubt about Hasan's DOB as there is about Parthiv Patel's.

A dubious record now. Wisden have removed him from the record holder position.

 

[Richard]

Yeah I changed my mind on the Hasan Raza thing after learning that only recently have Pakistan had no official birth-registration system until fairly recently, so hence no player's age can be regarded as definate and those who debuted supposedly in the mid-late-teens were almost all probably older.

 

[Richard]

Diggity diggity dig dig.

I agree about White: Far better than McGrath...Anthony McGrath (ahahaha I'm so funny not).

I haven't changed my tune in the slightest that Craig White could indeed bowl some things Glenn McGrath couldn't. Didn't make him a better bowler, obviously. But he certainly could and did.

 

[Flem274*]

I haven't changed my tune in the slightest that Craig White could indeed bowl some things Glenn McGrath couldn't. Didn't make him a better bowler, obviously. But he certainly could and did.

How does the tune go?

A nice blend of funk or a bit jazzy or perhaps a dash of pop?

 

[Debris]

I haven't changed my tune in the slightest that Craig White could indeed bowl some things Glenn McGrath couldn't. Didn't make him a better bowler, obviously. But he certainly could and did.

This is an odd statement. Of course he can - as can most bowlers

Until they start cloning bowlers, they are all going to have different skill sets.

 

[Richard]

How does the tune go?

A nice blend of funk or a bit jazzy or perhaps a dash of pop?

 

[Richard]

This is an odd statement. Of course he can - as can most bowlers

Until they start cloning bowlers, they are all going to have different skill sets.

White's was a more extensive set of skills than McGrath's, however, and he used them far more often.

It's a shame, a great shame, that he didn't end-up a far better bowler than he did.

 

[Flem274*]

Nice, nice.

 

[Richard]