Evidence you want-brett lee did not bowl one ball over 140 in the first test match in the espn speed gun,ishantsharma never toucked 150 in the espnstar speed gun,even
the espn star commentators were following channnel nine
and i will say it on more time-eson measures speed when the ball hits the ground and if you watched the asia cup you would ahve known where as sky,nine,neo sports
measure speed from hands
TBF, I've hardly ever watched NEO Sports coverage.
It's interesting that you say that about Brett Lee, though, because he certainly went well above 140+ km/h using the ESPN speedometer in the Adelaide test match, on a pitch which was not terribly quick. I can't find footage of his bowling in Melbourne using the ESPN speedometer - much of it was removed.
you want some proof about r.p beating batsman with yorkers and pace check this out-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfSD_9r0bLc
now shut your mouth.
Read my reply to your next paragraph. I rate his T20 yorkers quite highly.
Playing with five bowlers meant fast bowlers could go all out and be rotated,so
it was a loss specially rp being good against lefthanders.and we had less batsman
as we played five bowlers so it was a loss it was like playing 10 men.
Having 10 men would usually be something of a burden, but RP Singh is a certified rabbit with the bat and a poor fielder, to boot. A substitute (you'd hope) would add more in the field than him (although there's no such thing as a substitute batsman, obviously).
At any rate, is it really wise to go 'all out' in the scorching heat which is characteristic of Adelaide? Does RP Singh have the stamina to do so? From what I've seen of him, probably not.
I Simply do not rate clark,he is useless on flat tracks against good teams i saw him in
subcontinent against bangladesh and he looked half the bowler.
True to an extent, although that Bangladeshi test occured when he was an international greenhorn.
The pitches that you guys played on were also pretty flat (Perth and Melbourne were the most bowler friendly, but neither offered the seam movement that Clark thrives on). Clark also bowled pretty well against you guys, save for the Adelaide test match.
It is generally true that he is less effective on Adelaide-esque roads, but he's not really 'useless' under any circumstance - he's too accurate and bowls too intelligently. Even if he doesn't take wickets, he can build up pressure, something which RP Singh certainly cannot do.
johnson was cannon fodder most members would agree he does not do anything with the
ball and out of the 16 wikcets he took 5 were of top order batsman and he generally
struggled against top order batsman and the wickets he got by the post you wrote
were of bad shots
Agree about the tailender quotient, although that's more a circumstanial thing than a reflection of how well he bowled in general. But to be fair, let's do a wicket-by-wicket analysis of Johnson:
1) MS Dhoni: Full and wide, reverse swing, but not great bowling
2) A Kumble: Moved in then moved away, good delivery
3) RP Singh: Chopped a ball which was moving in onto the stumps, batsman error
4) R Dravid: Short and wide, slashed to slip, not great bowling
5) Harbhajan Singh: Edged to gully, decent delivery
6) V Sehwag: Cramped him for room outside the off, good bowling but a poor shot
7) SC Ganguly: Caught spectacularly off a fairly wide delivery, not a great delivery
8) IK Pathan: Trapped him in front, good bowling
9) RP Singh: Squared him up, got the edge, good bowling
10) SC Ganguly: Full and swinging away, got the edge, probably the only decent delivery he bowled during that spell
11) IK Pathan: Good delivery, drew Pathan forward, bounced and seamed away
12) R Dravid: Good delivery, forced Dravid to play at it outside offstump
13) MS Dhoni: Short and wide, not great bowling, impetuous shot
14) A Kumble: Tired shot off a fairly tired delivery
15) IK Pathan: Trapped lbw after shuffling across, good delivery
16) SC Ganguly: Full, but picked out Hussey at cover - bowling to a plan (perhaps)
By my count, Mitchell Johnson bowled 9-10/16 decent-to-good deliveries to get wickets.