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Son Of Coco
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Good job P.Siddle! Wasn't sure if the deck was helpful or not, but I did see Johnson moving it around a bit...
Matt79
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You're kidding yeah?
Matt79
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There was a particular crack that was in a perfect spot for Johnson that he was managing to hit regularly. That was making life very interesting for the lefties...
dontcloseyoureyes
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tbh it certainly looked like it was heading down leg live to me as well. The way his leg swung towards leg as it hit and all the stumps were exposed was very decieving IMO.
Jakester1288
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I thought it was down leg as well.
vic_orthdox
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Pretty happy to take posting rights off anyone who suggested that Siddle shouldn't have been playing in Melbourne.
dontcloseyoureyes
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Dare ya.
Manee
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Top stuff Pete Siddle - a real gem of a talent at just 24 years of age. I just took a quick browse through this thread and there seems to be a general feeling of disappointment with McDonald's bowling but he did his job well, he dried up runs, going for 1.86 runs per over and got the critical wicket of Amla. It must be considered that he is a swing bowler (or so Warne says) and there is barely any swing out there for anything other than the brand new ball; the other swing bowler, Bollinger couldn't adjust to the lack of swing and served up too many full deliveries to be driven easily; this being said, he was extremely unlucky not to end up with two wickets.
Briony
International Debutant
Siddle bowled well to the tail but they didn't seem too keen to get behind the ball after a few disconcertingly got up off the cracks. Morkel seemed to be bowled by the ball before which he took on the gloves.
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In truth, if you were to pick the five least valuable wickets out the ten that fell, Siddle took them all. The in-form specialists- Smith, Amla, Kallis, De Villiers and Duminy- all fell to others.
dontcloseyoureyes
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Yeah, was just mentioning this on MSN. He bowled well but it needs to be put into perspective. He got an out of form McKenzie, a slogging Boucher and 3 bowlers who can't really bat that well, on a deck that rivals a mid-90's WACA deck. It's no McGrath at Lords 2005 type spell.
Not trying to insult him or anything, he certainly bowled well and tbf has bowled very well since Perth.
howardj
International Coach
Yes, that's a very measured comment indeed. We should not rush to judgement on Siddle, but rather put his performance today into some sort of context. That said, he's certainly improved as the series has go on, which is always a good sign.
vic_orthdox
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He bowled one "bad" spell in Perth, when they tried to bounce out Kallis and he didn't get it high enough. Besides that, he's managed to build pressure and rarely leak runs, keeping the batsman playing a lot of the time. I think he plays a very good foil to Johnson, bowling quite stump to stump whilst the left armer slides across the batsman.
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Yeah he hasn't been bad at all tbh, works up some excellent pace too. But even still, his 5-fer today most definitely needs qualifying. He's not the type of bowler I'd expect to see regularly run through sides in his current mould.
vic_orthdox
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The one thing that makes me think that he is well equipped for Test cricket is that he's used to bowling on flat decks. MCG has been notoriously slow and flat over the past few years, and he's done well at Adelaide. He tends to grind his wickets out, and bowls to a team plan well. That's why I think he can be an important cog over the transition period.
social
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Mate, he's 24 and hardly played any cricket
The guy is quick, strong and accurate
An attack containing Siddle, Johnson and a fit Clark is potentially as potent as any pace attack in world cricket
If we could only find a spinner, things are potentially looking very good
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Can (sadly) confirm he's wrecked SA a couple of times in Adelaide. That said, he did rip out the lower-order mainly.
It's funny, all the things people have said about him regarding why he's limited are pretty much what people said about McGrath. Their careers have taken a similar trajectory so far, really. I see a lot of early McG in Siddle.