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SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
inbox24 said:
Don't think Katich deserved to be there, even though he got a century. The way he got out yesterday was just absolute chat.

Gambhir
Sehwag
Hussey
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Laxman
Dhoni
Watson
Harbhajan
Mishra
Sharma
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biased indian said:
And this team to play aganist them

Hayden
Vijay
Dravid
Ponting
Clarke
Haddin
White
Lee
Kumble
Siddle
Clark
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No Mitchell Johnson in 22 players from this series after being the highest wicket taker for Australia in the series ?
 
inbox24

inbox24

International Debutant
SJS said:
No Mitchell Johnson in 22 players from this series after being the highest wicket taker for Australia in the series ?
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No, because he bowls rubbish and generally does not deserve to be playing international cricket. One example where you can't judge a player purely by stats.
 
Top_Cat

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inbox24 said:
No, because he bowls rubbish and generally does not deserve to be playing international cricket. One example where you can't judge a player purely by stats.
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Forget the stats, was the only Aussie bowler who consistently looked like taking poles.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
inbox24 said:
No, because he bowls rubbish and generally does not deserve to be playing international cricket. One example where you can't judge a player purely by stats.
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I dont disagree with you but still surprised that he wasn't in the two sides. Shows the state of Australia's bowling as of date.
 
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Precambrian said:
Watson and Crazy? I think Watson efforted and Midge reaped the benefits.
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Like I said, consistent. Krejza only played one Test and Watto was good after the first couple. Johnson has been the most consistent threat from what I saw and that is just depressing.
 
Jnr.

Jnr.

First Class Debutant
SJS said:
I dont disagree with you but still surprised that he wasn't in the two sides. Shows the state of Australia's bowling as of date.
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Not really. He wasn't good enough to get into the first side, but wasn't bad enough to get into the second side. :laugh:
 
inbox24

inbox24

International Debutant
SJS said:
I dont disagree with you but still surprised that he wasn't in the two sides. Shows the state of Australia's bowling as of date.
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No, it just shows the narrow mindedness of selectors who consistently overlook more talented and in form bowlers like Hilfenhaus, Noffke, Bollinger, etc.

My prediction: Johnson will never be, at ANY stage in his (hopefully short) career, an international quality bowler.
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Top_Cat said:
Like I said, consistent. Krejza only played one Test and Watto was good after the first couple. Johnson has been the most consistent threat from what I saw and that is just depressing.
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Watson for mine acutally looked like taking wickets throughout. And when he wasn't as much he kept the runs down really well.

Jonners was bowling quick. That was about it.
 
IndGunner

IndGunner

First Class Debutant
Nnanden said:
Watson for mine acutally looked like taking wickets throughout. And when he wasn't as much he kept the runs down really well.

Jonners was bowling quick. That was about it.
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Dont get me wrong i think im have been quite vocal in my distaste of johnson but he has the speed and bounce that will help him get wickets in Aust i think we will see it in the NZ series. but thats the thing he doesnt have much more besides his speed and bounce no swing what so ever.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
List of wickets for Ishant this series:
  1. Katich
  2. Watson
  3. Haddin
  4. White
  5. Ponting
  6. Clarke
  7. Watson
  8. Ponting
  9. Hussey
  10. Ponting
  11. Watson
  12. Clarke
  13. Krejza
  14. Katich
  15. Clarke

14/15 are in the top eight. 12/15 are in the top six. Good stuff.
 
Precambrian

Precambrian

Banned
silentstriker said:
List of wickets for Ishant this series:
  1. Katich
  2. Watson
  3. Haddin
  4. White
  5. Ponting
  6. Clarke
  7. Watson
  8. Ponting
  9. Hussey
  10. Ponting
  11. Watson
  12. Clarke
  13. Krejza
  14. Katich
  15. Clarke

14/15 are in the top eight. 12/15 are in the top six. Good stuff.
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That shows another interesting stuff which is the RHBs he's got. 12/15 are RHBs, and only 3 times LHBs have fallen to him. Though tbf, Hayden was getting out early to Z Khan.
 
Uppercut

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silentstriker said:
List of wickets for Ishant this series:
  1. Katich
  2. Watson
  3. Haddin
  4. White
  5. Ponting
  6. Clarke
  7. Watson
  8. Ponting
  9. Hussey
  10. Ponting
  11. Watson
  12. Clarke
  13. Krejza
  14. Katich
  15. Clarke

14/15 are in the top eight. 12/15 are in the top six. Good stuff.
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He reminds me of Andrew Flintoff a bit these days- doesn't run through sides but gets plenty of big important wickets, bowls good line and length, has no one specialist bowling skill but good at a bit of everything- reverse, conventional, extra bounce.
 
dontcloseyoureyes

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Uppercut said:
He reminds me of Andrew Flintoff a bit these days- doesn't run through sides but gets plenty of big important wickets, bowls good line and length, has no one specialist bowling skill but good at a bit of everything- reverse, conventional, extra bounce.
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Except he doesn't fall apart after ten minutes in the nets.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Precambrian said:
That shows another interesting stuff which is the RHBs he's got. 12/15 are RHBs, and only 3 times LHBs have fallen to him. Though tbf, Hayden was getting out early to Z Khan.
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Yes he does bowl better to right handers. I am convinced it is due to the fact that he bowls over the wicket and prefers bowling from there.

Zaheer who is a left hander also bowls over the wicket most of the time and is more effective against left handers. If they could both practice and start bowling round the wicket they will do better for the other type of batsman too. The same is the problem with Harbhajan who is not as effective against left handers as he should be since he makes the ball go away from them, Of late he has been trying to bowl round the wicket to left handers and it has shown some reults but it doesnt seem to be something he likes. Needs to do it a lot in the nets.
 
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